Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

26th President of the United States. Both soldier and stateman his flamboyance and energy made him one of America's greatest presidents.
(1858 - 1919)

A just war is in the long run far better for a nation's soul than the most prosperous peace obtained by acquiescence in wrong or injustice. [War]

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.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. [Blood]

A man who never graduated from school might steal from a freight car. But a man who attends college and graduates as a lawyer might steal the whole railroad.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering. [Absence]

Aggressive fighting for the right is the greatest sport in the world.

And now, first and foremost, you can never afford to forget for a moment what is the object of our forest policy. That object is not to preserve forests because they beautiful, though that is good in itself; nor because they are refuges for the wild creatures of the wilderness, though that, too, is good in itself; but the primary object of our forest policy, as of the land policy of the United States, is the making of prosperous homes. It is part of the traditional policy of home making in our country. Every other consideration comes as secondary. You yourselves have got to keep this practical object before your minds: to remember that a forest which contributes nothing to the wealth, progress, or safety of the country is of no interest to the Government, and should be of little interest to the forester. Your attention must be directed to the preservation of forests, not as an end in itself, but as the means of preserving and increasing the prosperity of the nation.

Any man who tries to excite class hatred, sectional hate, hate of creeds, any kind of hatred in our community, though he may affect to do it in the interest of the class he is addressing, is in the long run with absolute certainly that class's own worst enemy.

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.

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. [Determination]

Don't foul, don't flinch - hit the line hard.

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.