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Famous Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena
“It is not the critic who counts...The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.”
“By acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.”
Source: Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt
Source: Bully!
Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena
Source: Works: Presidential addresses and state papers, Dec. 3, 1901, June 1910, and European addresses. 8 v
“My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff.”
Source: The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places
“Power always brings with it responsibility.”
Source: The New Nationalism
“I do not care a rap as to who gets credit for the work, provided the work is done.”
“There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.”
Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt
Source: Presidential addresses and state papers
Source: Presidential addresses and state papers
Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt
Source: 1898-1903
“We draw the line against misconduct, not against wealth.”
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
Source: The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places
Source: History as Literature and Other Essays
“You can't choose your potential, but you can choose to fulfill it.”
Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses
“No educated man can afford to be ignorant of the Bible.”
Source: Realizable ideals: (the Earl lectures)
“Work hard at work worth doing.”
Source: Writings
“Most of us tiptoe through life in order to make it safely to death.”
“There are some timid souls that will never know victory nor defeat.”
“Each man must work for himself, and unless he so works, no outside help can avail him.”
Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena
“It is always better to be an original than an imitation.”
Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations
Source: The Works of Theodore Roosevelt: American ideals and other essays, social and political
“There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains.”
Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena
Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses
Source: The Deer Family
Source: Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt
“The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.”
“I do not in the least object to a sport because it is rough.”
Source: Works
“The Welfare of Each of Us Is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us”
Source: The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations
Source: Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter