Inspiring Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt - Page 2

"The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer"

"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"

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything"

"The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name"

"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"

"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing"

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

"I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also"

"Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster"

"Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body"

"Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past"

"For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison"

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

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are"

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

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

"A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user"

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

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

"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards"

"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"