Theodore Roosevelt – Page 3

Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure… than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat. – Theodore Roosevelt

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

The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. – Theodore Roosevelt

Absence and death are the same – only that in death there is no suffering. – Theodore Roosevelt

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

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage. – Theodore Roosevelt

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

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. – Theodore Roosevelt

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws. – Theodore Roosevelt

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. – Theodore Roosevelt

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

The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom. – Theodore Roosevelt

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

The little owls call to each other with tremulous, quavering voices throughout the livelong night, as they sit in the creaking trees. – Theodore Roosevelt

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. – Theodore Roosevelt

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds. – Theodore Roosevelt

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. – Theodore Roosevelt

This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a good place for all of us to live in. – Theodore Roosevelt

Abraham Lincoln – the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War – was the true representative of this people, not only for his own generation, but for all time, because he was a man among men. – Theodore Roosevelt