“I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
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“When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.”
Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations
“The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.”
Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt
“No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.”
“I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.”
“The American people abhor a vacuum.”
Source: The Roosevelt Policy: Speeches, Letters and State Papers, Relating to Corporate Wealth and Closely Allied Topics, of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States
“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
Source: African and European Addresses
Source: Bully!
Source: Newer Roosevelt messages: speeches, letters and magazine articles dealing with the war, before and after, and other vital topics
Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena
Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
Source: Presidential Addresses and State Papers of Theodore Roosevelt
“Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.”
“In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“Aggressive fighting for the right is the noblest sport the world affords.”
“Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses
Source: Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children
Source: The Rough Riders: An Autobiography
“In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.”
“The worst of all fears is the fear of living”
Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena
“All the resources we need are in the mind.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
Source: Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
Source: Theodore Roosevelt's America: Selections from the Writings of the Oyster Bay Naturalist
Source: Letters, Selected and Edited by Elting E. Morison
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century
“The government is us; WE are the government, you and I."- Theodore Roosevelt”
“The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.”
Source: Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century