Religion Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

— Theodore Roosevelt

No educated man can afford to be ignorant of the Bible.

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

The nation should be ruled by the Ten Commandments.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I enter a most earnest plea that in our hurried and rather bustling life of today we do not lose the hold…

— Theodore Roosevelt

No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness…

— 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

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Wide differences of opinion in matters of religious, political, and social belief must exist if conscience and intellect alike are not to…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A churchless community, a community where men have abandoned and scoffed at or ignored their religious needs, is a community on the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

He [Lincoln] had mastered it {the Bible] absolutely...mastered it so that he became almost 'a man of one Book', who knew that…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I hold that in this country there must be complete severance of Church and State; that public moneys shall not be used…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War - was the true representative of this…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I highly venerate the Masonic Institution, under the fullest persuasion that, when its principles are acknowledged and its laws and precepts obeyed,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Any political movement directed against any body of our fellow-citizens because of their religious creed is a grave offense against American principles…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Because we are unqualifiedly and without reservation against any system of denominational schools, maintained by the adherents of any creed with the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The spirit of brotherhood recognizes of necessity both the need of self-help and also the need of helping others in the only…

— Theodore Roosevelt

If we are to be really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world.…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I enter a most earnest plea that in our hurried and rather bustling life of today we do not lose the hold…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer…

— 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

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I believe that this Republic will endure for many centuries. If so there will doubtless be among its Presidents Protestants and Catholics,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Progress has brought us both unbounded opportunities and unbridled difficulties. Thus, the measure of our civilization will not be that we have…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The true Christians are the true citizens, lofty of purpose, resolute in endeavor, ready for a hero's deeds, but never looking down…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Freemasonry must stand upon the Rock of Truth, religion, political, social, and economic. Nothing is so worthy of its care as freedom…

— Theodore Roosevelt

War with evil; but show no spirit of malignity toward the man who may be responsible for the evil. Put it out…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I have often thought that unselfishness combined in one word more of the teachings of the Bible than any other in the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

From the very beginning our people have markedly combined practical capacity for affairs with power of devotion to an ideal. The lack…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it. Life is a great adventure, and I want to…

— Theodore Roosevelt

If there is one thing for which we stand in this country, it is for complete religious freedom, and it is an…

— 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