Inspirational Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

Then get busy and find out how to do it.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Don't spread patriotism too thin.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The worst thing I can do is nothing.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Power always brings with it responsibility.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The light has gone out of my life.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Want More Advice Like This?

— Theodore Roosevelt

Councils of War never fight.

— Theodore Roosevelt

No, I'm not a good shot, but I shoot often.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The object of government is the welfare of the people.

— Theodore Roosevelt

If I have erred, I err in company with Abraham Lincoln.

— Theodore Roosevelt

We must all either wear out or rust out, every one of us. My choice is to wear out.

— Theodore Roosevelt

To divide along the lines of section or caste or creed is un-American.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I wish that all Americans would realize that American politics is world politics.

— Theodore Roosevelt

By acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I do not believe there was ever a life more attractive than life on a cattle farm.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Get action. Do things; be sane; don't fritter away your time; create, act, take a place wherever you are and be somebody;…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I have no business to feel downcast or querulous merely because when so much as been given me I have not had…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above is character.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Success, the real success, does not depend upon the position you hold but upon how you carry yourself in that position.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

— Theodore Roosevelt

There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Courage is not having the strength to go on, it is going on when you don't have the strength. Industry and determination…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Work hard at work worth doing.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Speak softly, I'm getting my massage

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

I do. That is character!

— Theodore Roosevelt

My hat is in the ring.

— Theodore Roosevelt

He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The wildlife and its habitat cannot speak, so we must and we will.

— Theodore Roosevelt

It's not having been in the Dark House, but having left it that counts.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The Welfare of Each of Us Is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us

— Theodore Roosevelt

I do not in the least object to a sport because it is rough.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is always better to be an original than an imitation.

— Theodore Roosevelt