Theodore Roosevelt
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.
Theodore RooseveltThe 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.
Theodore RooseveltKeep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Theodore RooseveltDo what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore RooseveltIt is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.
Theodore RooseveltRhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
Theodore RooseveltFar better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checked by failure...than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.
Theodore RooseveltThe only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.
Theodore RooseveltGet action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.
Theodore RooseveltWe can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
Theodore RooseveltWhen they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not Guilty."
Theodore RooseveltFar and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore RooseveltIt is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.
Theodore RooseveltWhen you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
Theodore RooseveltNo man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
Theodore RooseveltProbably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.
Theodore RooseveltSpeak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Theodore RooseveltCourtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
Theodore RooseveltA man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.
Theodore RooseveltThe most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
Theodore RooseveltThe American people abhor a vacuum.
Theodore RooseveltIt is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
Theodore RooseveltA thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.
Theodore RooseveltDon't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!
Theodore RooseveltOrder without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
Theodore Roosevelt
