Theodore Roosevelt Quotes - 9quotes.com

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Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
A 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.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
I am a part of everything that I have read.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
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.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
With self-discipline most anything is possible.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Written by 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.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
Written by Theodore Roosevelt

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