Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.

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.