Inspirational Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I do. That is character!

— Theodore Roosevelt

My hat is in the ring.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Speak softly, I'm getting my massage

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Councils of War never fight.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Work hard at work worth doing.

— Theodore Roosevelt

There can be no greater issue than that of conservation in this country.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I never won anything without hard labor and the exercise of my best judgment.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Do Something Now. If not you, who? If not here, where? If not now, when?

— Theodore Roosevelt

A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace.

— Theodore Roosevelt

There is no effort without error or shortcoming.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“I have only a second rate brain, but I think I have a capacity for action.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

The bulk of government is not legislation but administration.

— Theodore Roosevelt

“I f he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The one being abhorrent to the powers above the earth and under them is the hyphenated American

— Theodore Roosevelt

An Airedale can do anything any other dog can do and then whip the other dog if he has to.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

I have always said I would not have been President had it not been for my experience in North Dakota.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Men can never escape being governed. Either they must govern themselves or they must submit to being governed by others.

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it.

— 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

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

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

— 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

The light has gone out of my life.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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— Theodore Roosevelt

The worst thing I can do is nothing.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Don't spread patriotism too thin.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Then get busy and find out how to do it.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Power always brings with it responsibility.

— Theodore Roosevelt

No other President ever enjoyed the Presidency as I did.

— Theodore Roosevelt

You can't choose your potential, but you can choose to fulfill it.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The Constitution was made for the people and not the people for the Constitution.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Yes, my friend, and if you will steal for me then you will steal from me.

— Theodore Roosevelt

With self-discipline most anything is possible. --Theodore Roosevelt

— Theodore Roosevelt

Honesty first; then courage; then brains - and all are indispensable.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt