Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Theodore Roosevelt on Wise Famous Quotes.
Never hit if you can help it, but when you have to, hit hard. Never hit soft. You'll never get any thanks for hitting soft.
In popular government results worth while can only be achieved by men who combine worthy ideals with practical good sense.
Let men express the intense admiration, which I share with all other Americans, of the record made by the Marines.
The existence of any method, standard, custom or practice is no reason for its continuance when a better is offered.
Any man who has met with success, if he will be frank with himself, must admit that there has been a big element of fortune in the success.
Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.
The mass of the American people are most emphatically not in the deplorable condition of which you speak.
I can never afford to be in arrears with anything that I have to do; I must always be abreast or ahead of my tasks.
Rough board shelves hold a number of books, without which some of the evenings would be long indeed.
Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile.
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but NEVER hit softly.
But the joy of life is a very good thing, and while work is the essential in it, play also has its place.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss ... The leader works in the open, and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Hardness of heart is a dreadful quality, but it is doubtful whether in the long run it works more damage than softness of head.
If we put corrupt men in public office and sneeringly acquiesce in their corruptions, then we are wrong ourselves.
If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and sordid creature, no matter how successful.
To every man who faces life with real desire to do his part in everything, I appeal for a study of the Bible.
The decisions of the courts on economic and social questions depend on their economic and social philosophy.
There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.
It's not the critic who counts, nor the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of the deeds could have done better.
There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.
It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.
All privileges based on wealth, and all emnity to honest men merely because they are wealthy, are un-American.
But we must keep steadily in mind that no people were ever yet benefited by riches if their prosperity corrupted their virtue.
A churchless community, a community where men have abandoned and scoffed at or ignored their religious needs, is a community on the rapid downgrade.
We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.
I wish to see the Bible study as much a matter of course in the secular colleges as in the seminary.
A nation that still needs to distinguish between stealing an election, and stealing a new pair of shoes, is not completely civilized yet.
The conservation of natural resources is the fundamental problem. Unless we solve that problem it will avail us little to solve all others
Only those who live and sleep in the open fully realize the beauty of dawn and moonlight and starlight.
It either is or ought to be evident to everyone that business has to prosper before anyone can get any benefit from it.
Gradually the true Mason gains experience in using these working tools and can observe subtler and subtler indications of personal flaws.
The woman has the right to be emancipated from the position of a drudge or a toy. She is entitled to a full equality in rights with man ...
In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is necessary.
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat
All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law
It is better for the Government to help a poor man to make a living for his family than to help a rich man make more profit for his company.
More and more, as it becomes necessary to preserve the game, let us hope that the camera will largely supplant the rifle.
The power of the
journalist is great, but he is entitled neither to respect nor admiration because of
that power unless it is used aright.
journalist is great, but he is entitled neither to respect nor admiration because of
that power unless it is used aright.
The dreams of golden glory in the future will not come true unless, high of heart and strong of hand, by our own mighty deeds we make them come true.
The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies of minorities.
We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.