Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great ...

I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in wit...

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other ...

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and se...

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to...

Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the bes...

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don'...

We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their ...

No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.

Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first i...

It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape ...

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and sel...

Although not a very old man, I have yet lived a great deal in my life, and I have known sorrow too b...

Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice mu...

It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal ...

Our fight is a fundamental fight against both of the old corrupt party machines, for both are under ...

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

We demand that big business give people a square deal in return we must insist that when anyone eng...

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

In order to succeed we need leaders of inspired idealism, leaders to whom are granted great visions,...

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do ...

The government is us; we are the government, you and I.

There is filth on the floor, and it must be scraped up with the muck-rake.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

No man is above the law, and no man is below it.

The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it.

It is true of the Nation, as of the individual, that the greatest doer must also be a great dreamer.

To all who have known really happy family lives, that is, to all who have known or who have witnesse...

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and t...

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have...

When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.

Believe that you can and you are halfway there

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with peop...

Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.

There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to ‘mean’ horses...

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure.....

We Americans have many grave problems to solve, many threatening evils to fight, and many deeds to d...

In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an A...

We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but w...

The existence of any method, standard, custom or practice is no reason for its continuance when a be...

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the co...

The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his nei...

No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not ...

Books are almost as individual as friends. There is no earthly use in laying down general laws about...

Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above both is character. It is ...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where th...

Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read,’ and my answer is, poetry and nov...

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the hist...

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.

I feel like a Bull Moose.

I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his...

The government is us; WE are the government, you and I."- Theodore Roosevelt

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other pu...

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena whose face is marred by dust and sweat a...

I care not what others think of what I do but I care very much about what I think of what I do. Tha...

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

...the more I see the better satisfied I am that I am an American; free born and free bred, where I ...

I want to see you shoot the way you shout.

Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Women should have free access to every field of labor which they care to enter, and when their work ...

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out ...

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and ackn...

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering...

The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take...

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

The President and the Congress are all very well in their way. They can say what they think they thi...

Patriotism,” said Theodore Roosevelt, “means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by t...

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams the old ...

As regards the extraordinary prizes, the element of luck is the determining factor.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words." When a wea...

No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him t...

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other pu...

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far.

I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

To befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business & corrupt politics is the first task of the s...

The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty. No ki...

The Cubists are entitled to the serious attention of all who find enjoyment in the colored puzzle pi...