Life Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

“The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

The worst of all fears is the fear of living

— Theodore Roosevelt

The light has gone out of my life.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Most of us tiptoe through life in order to make it safely to death.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Life is a great adventure…accept it in such a spirit.

— Theodore Roosevelt

There is a delight in the hardy life of the open.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.

— 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

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

The performance of duty, and not an indulgence in vapid ease and vapid pleasure, is all that makes life worth while.

— Theodore Roosevelt

We will send ships and Marines as soon as possible for the protection of American life and property.

— Theodore Roosevelt

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Let us show, not merely in great crises, but in every day of life, qualities of practical intelligence, of hardihood and endurance,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it…

— Theodore Roosevelt

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage. For us is…

— Theodore Roosevelt

No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize…

— 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

I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life; I have envied a great many people…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It pays no matter what comes after it, to try and do things, to accomplish things in this life and not merely…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The wild life of today is not ours to do with as we please. The original stock was given to us in…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Willful sterility is, from the standpoint of the nation, from the standpoint of the human race, the one sin for which the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Everything is un-American that tends either to government by a plutocracy or government by a mob. To divide along the lines of…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Criticism is necessary and useful; it is often indispensable; but it can never take the place of action, or be even a…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Lincoln-sad, patient, kindly Lincoln, who after bearing upon his weary shoulders for four years a greater burden than that borne by any…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of effort, labor…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There should be relentless exposure of and attack upon every evil practice, whether in politics, in business, or in social life. I…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“There are many good people who are denied the supreme blessing of children, and for these we have the respect and sympathy…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life and there is no need for meeting it…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease but the doctrine of the strenuous life; the life of toil and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Fellow-feeling. . .is the most important factor in producing a healthy political and social life. Neither our national nor our local civic…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There are always in life countless tendencies for good and for evil, and each succeeding generation sees some of these tendencies strengthened…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Life means change; where there is no change, death comes.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The world wants the kind of men who do not shrink from temporary defeats in life; but come again and wrestle triumph…

— Theodore Roosevelt