Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

“If I must choose between peace and righteousness, I choose righteousness”

“I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man”

“No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body - to risk his well-being - to risk his life - in a great cause”

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

“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education”

“Rhetoric 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.”

“The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency”

“Our chief usefulness to humanity rests on our combining power with high purpose. Power undirected by high purpose spells calamity, and high purpose by itself is utterly useless if the power to put it into effect is lacking.”

“Probably 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.”

“The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.”

“The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer”

“If I had more skill in what Im attempting, I wouldnt need so much courage”

Believe you can and youre halfway there.

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

In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.

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

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

Comparison is the thief of joy.

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

We are bound in honor to strive to bring ever nearer the day when, as far is humanly possible, we shall be able to realize the ideal that each man shall have an equal opportunity to show the stuff that is in him by the way in which he renders service.