Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

I can do one of two things. I can be President of the United States or I can control Alice Roosevelt. (His 19-year-old daughter.) I cannot possibly do both.

Theodore Roosevelt's father wrote him, "I fear for your future. We cannot stand so corrupt a government for any great length of time.

It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object.

Now and then I am asked as to ‘what books a statesman should read, ’ and my answer is, poetry and novels – including short stories under the head of novels.

Do what you can with what you have where you are.

The worst of all fears is the fear of living.

We demand that big business give people a square deal in return we must insist that when anyone engaged in big business honesdy endeavors to do right he shall himself be given a square deal.

I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

My hat's in the ring. The fight is one and I'm stripped to the buff.

Pray not for lighter burdens but for stronger backs.

It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks.

I care not what others think of what I do but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character!

I feel like a Bull Moose.

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

I am only an average man but by George I work harder at it than the average man.

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.

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

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

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.