Time Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The name Roosevelt has this legendary force in our country at this time.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I have had a great time as president.

— 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

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

In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The sons of all of us will pay in the future if we of the present do not do justice in the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There should be at least ten times the number of rifles in the country as there are now.

— 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

Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight... It should be the growing nation with a future which takes the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There comes a time in the life of a nation, as in the life of an individual, when it must face great…

— 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

There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It may be that at some time in the dim future of the race the need for war will vanish: but that…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is of little use for us to pay lip-loyalty to the mighty men of the past unless we sincerely endeavor to…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There are dreadful moments when death comes very near those we love, even if for the time being it passes by. But…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“At times a man must cut loose from his associates and stand alone for a great cause; but the necessity for such…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless; forests which are so used…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Some reformers may urge that in the ages distant future, patriotism, like the habit of monogamous marriage, will become a needless and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Every man among us is more fit to meet the duties and responsibilities of citizenship because of the perils over which, in…

— Theodore Roosevelt

We are consuming our forests three times faster than they are being reproduced. Some of the richest timber lands of this continent…

— Theodore Roosevelt

In the history of mankind many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because…

— Theodore Roosevelt

On the whole, we think that the greatest victories are yet to be won, the greatest deeds yet to be done, and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Now, it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing. There is filth on the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

When the time of danger comes, all Americans, whatever their social standing, whatever their creed, whatever the training they have received, no…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Give a man a soccer ball, he plays for a moment. Teach a man to play soccer, he plays for a life…

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Such an experiment without actual conditions of war to support it is a foolish waste of time. . . . I once…

— Theodore Roosevelt

We want the active and zealous help of every man far-sighted enough to realize the importance from the standpoint of the nation's…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Even in ordinary times there are very few of us who do not see the problems of life as through a glass,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

From time to time, little men will find fault with what you have done...but they will go down the stream like bubbles,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Perhaps the most incapable Executive that ever filled the presidential chair...it would be difficult to imagine a man less fit to guide…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Nothing should be permitted to stand in the way of the preservation of the forests, and it is criminal to permit individuals…

— Theodore Roosevelt

We face the future with our past and our present as guarantors of our promises; and we are content to stand or…

— Theodore Roosevelt