Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
One of our defects as a nation is a tendency to use what have been called "weasel words."
There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its charm.
The dull, purblind folly of the very rich men, their greed and arrogance, and the corruption in business and politics, have tended to produce a very unhealthy condition.
The one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight... It should be the growing nation with a future which takes the long look ahead.
From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady unwearing friend of man.
Unrestrained greed means the ruin of the great woods and the drying up of the sources of the rivers.
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I dream of men who take the next step instead of worrying about the next thousand steps.
Give a man a soccer ball, he plays for a moment. Teach a man to play soccer, he plays for a life time.
The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground.
It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.
In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which is in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world.
...let men express the intense admiration, which I share with all other Americans, of the record made by the Marines.
Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above is character.
The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.
The man who holds that every human right is secondary to his profit must now give way to the advocate of human welfare.
Profanity is the parlance of the fool. Why curse when there is such a magnificent language with which to discourse?
There is more fine abstract design in Navajo rugs than in all these modern paintings.
The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.
Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.
There are rainy days in autumn and stormy days in winter when the rocking chair in front of the fire simply demands an accompanying book.
It is necessary for the welfare of the nation that men's lives be based on the principles of the Bible. No man, educated or uneducated, can afford to be ignorant of the Bible.
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
Short-sighted men who in their greed and selfishness will, if permitted, rob our country of half its charm by their reckless extermination of all useful and beautiful wild things.
We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage.
The truth is that any good modern rifle is good enough. The determining factor is the man behind the gun.
In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.
