Theodore Roosevelt
32 quotations
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.
The American people abhor a vacuum.
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.
It is better to be faithful than famous.
All the resources we need are in the mind
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything
Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.
I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Aggressive fighting for the right is the greatest sport in the world.
I want to see you shoot the way you shout.
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft.
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.
A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.