There are dreadful moments when death comes very near those we love, even if for the time being it passes by. But… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
By acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is every reason why we should face it seriously,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is not only highly desirable but necessary that there should be legislation which shall carefully shield the interests of wage-workers, and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Let the watchwords of all our people be the old familiar watchwords of honesty, decency, fair-dealing, and commonsense."... "We must treat each man on… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible, but the forces of truth and love and courage and honesty and generosity and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Conservation and rural-life policies are really two sides of the same policy; and down at the bottom this policy rests upon the fundamental law… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I am a strong individualist by personal habit, inheritance, and conviction; but it is a mere matter of common sense to recognize that the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The greatest privilege and greatest duty for any man is to be happily married, and no other form of success or service, for either… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image