Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

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Theodore Roosevelt

Profession : President

Birth : October 27, 1858

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Theodore Roosevelt

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly, I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Theodore Roosevelt

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Theodore Roosevelt

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

Theodore Roosevelt

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Theodore Roosevelt

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

Theodore Roosevelt

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

Theodore Roosevelt

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

Theodore Roosevelt

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

Theodore Roosevelt

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

Theodore Roosevelt

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

Theodore Roosevelt

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

Theodore Roosevelt

The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.

Theodore Roosevelt

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

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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.

Theodore Roosevelt

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

Theodore Roosevelt

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.

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The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Theodore Roosevelt

If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.

Theodore Roosevelt

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

Theodore Roosevelt