Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
A governor of New York, the 26th President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt was known for his foreign policy, enterprise reform and environmental conservation.
50. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
49. “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
48. “Believe you can and you're halfway there.”
47. “The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
46. “When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on”
45. “To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
44. “Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.”
43. “Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
42. “If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.”
41. “Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
40. “In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.”
39. “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
38. “I am a part of everything that I have read.”
37. “I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.”
36. “Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
35. “No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.”
34. “The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”
33. “To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
32. “Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.”
31. “Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.”
30. “Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.”
29. “A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
28. “When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.”
27. “Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.”
26. “No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and
25. “Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
24. “A man who has never gone to school may steal a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.”
23. “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
22. “Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!”
21. “When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or
'Not Guilty'.”
20. “Comparison is the thief of joy.”
19. “If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.”
18. “The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.”
17. “To waste, to destroy our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed.”
16. “In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.”
15. “If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.”
14. “The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.”
13. “There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.”
12. “No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.”
11. “Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.”
10. “Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.”
9. “Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.”
8. “It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.”
7. “I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.”
6. “No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.”
5. “In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.”
4. “Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political, and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike are not to be stunted, if there is to be room for healthy growth.”
3. “Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.”
2. “Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.”
1. “Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.”
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