The joy of living is his who has the heart to demand it. Life is a great adventure, and I want to… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
War with evil; but show no spirit of malignity toward the man who may be responsible for the evil. Put it out… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Americanism is a question of spirit, of conviction and purpose, not creed or birthplaces. The test of our worth is the service… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“We did everything possible to keep up the spirits of the men, but it was exceedingly difficult because there was nothing for… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln - the spirit incarnate of those who won victory in the Civil War - was the true representative of this… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
No people on earth have more cause to be thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boastfulness… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There is nothing more distressing ... than the hard, scoffing spirit which treats the allegation of dishonesty in a public man as… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
To permit every lawless capitalist, every law-defying corporation, to take any action, no matter how iniquitous, in the effort to secure an… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our duty to the whole, including the unborn generations, bids us to restrain an unprincipled present-day minority from wasting the heritage of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sincere friendship. We must show not only… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The great lawyer who employs his talent and his learning in the highly emunerative task of enabling a very wealthy client to… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of the wilderness, that can reveal its mystery, its melancholy and its… — 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