It is hard to fail, but It is worse never to have tried to succeed. in this life we get nothing save by effort. — Theodore Roosevelt

While my interest in natural history has added very little to my sum of achievement, it has added immeasurably to my sum of enjoyment in life. — Theodore Roosevelt

The things that will destroy america are prosperity–at–any–price, safety–first instead of duty–first, The love of soft living, and The get–rich–quick Theory of life. — Theodore Roosevelt

Nine–tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time. — Theodore Roosevelt

A thorough knowledge of the bible is worth more thAn A college educAtion. — Theodore Roosevelt

Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past. — Theodore Roosevelt

When they call the roll in the senate, the senators do not know whether to answer ‘present’ or ‘not guilty. — Theodore Roosevelt

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. — Theodore Roosevelt

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. — Theodore Roosevelt

The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of continuing to be a nation at all would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities. — Theodore Roosevelt

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

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. — Theodore Roosevelt

The great virtue of my radicalism lies in The fact that i am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on The conservative side. — Theodore Roosevelt

A mAn who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given A squAre deAl AfterwArds. — Theodore Roosevelt

There can be no fifty–fifty americanism in this country. There is room here for only 100 % americanism, only for those who are americans and nothing else. — Theodore Roosevelt

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to Rhetoric. if we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk we must act big. — Theodore Roosevelt

Keep your eyes on the stars and your feet on the ground. — Theodore Roosevelt

In any moment of decision, the best thIng you can do is the right thIng. the worst thIng you can do is nothIng. — Theodore Roosevelt

When you play, play hard When you work, don’t play at all. — Theodore Roosevelt

The only man who never makes a mistake is The man who never does anything. — Theodore Roosevelt

I wIsh that all amerIcans would realIze that amerIcan polItIcs Is world polItIcs. — Theodore Roosevelt

The best executive is The one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self–restraint enough to keep from meddling with Them while They do it. — Theodore Roosevelt

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. — Theodore Roosevelt

All the resources we need are in the mind. — Theodore Roosevelt

To educate a man in mind, and not in morals, is To educate a menace To society. — Theodore Roosevelt

If i must choose between righteousness and peace, i choose righteousness. — Theodore Roosevelt

No man who is corrupt, No man who condones corruption in others, can possibly do his duty by the community. — 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 government is us we are The government, you and i. — 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

No man is above the law and No man below it. — Theodore Roosevelt