Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Men with the muckrake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In a crisis, the man worth his salt is the man who meets the needs of the situation in whatever way is… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The world wants the kind of men who do not shrink from temporary defeats in life; but come again and wrestle triumph… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If a man does not have an ideal and try to live up to it, then he becomes a mean, base and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves;… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If we are to be really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world.… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
When great nations fear to expand, shrink from expansion, it is because their greatness is coming to an end. Are we, still… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
And it is through strife and the readiness for strife that a man or a nation must win greatness. So, let the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The stream will not permanently rise higher than the main source; and the main source of national power and national greatness is… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic -- the man who actually does the… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A soft, easy life is not worth living, if it impairs the fibre of brain and heart and muscle. We must dare… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We cannot do great deeds unless we're willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness. — 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
There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
There can be no effective control of corporations while their political activity remains. To put an end to it will be neither a short… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
If elected, I shall see to it that every man has a square deal, no less and no more. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share
