Wells Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

The lives of truest heroism are those in which there are no great deeds to look back upon. It is the little…

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

In this world the one thing supremely worth having is the opportunity to do well and worthily a piece of work of…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is of far more important that a man shall play something himself, even if he plays it badly, than that he…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is well indeed for out land that we of this generation have learned to think nationally.

— Theodore Roosevelt

The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well nigh as dangerous as…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from…

— Theodore Roosevelt

In foreign affairs we must make up our minds that, whether we wish it or not, we are a great people and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

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

It is a bad thing for a nation to raise and to admire a false standard of success; and there can be…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Nothing should be permitted to stand in the way of the preservation of the forests, and it is criminal to permit individuals…

— 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

Lincoln-sad, patient, kindly Lincoln, who after bearing upon his weary shoulders for four years a greater burden than that borne by any…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Those who oppose all reform will do well to remember that ruin in its worst form is inevitable if our national life…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A party should not contain utterly incongruous elements, radically divided on the real issues, and acting together only on false and dead…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Our loyalty is due entirely to the United States. It is due to the President only and exactly to the degree in…

— Theodore Roosevelt

There is a delight in the hardy life of the open. There are no words that can tell the hidden spirit of…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among…

— 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

If there ever was a pursuit which stultified itself by its very conditions, it is the pursuit of pleasure as the all-sufficing…

— Theodore Roosevelt

I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if…

— Theodore Roosevelt

A man must first care for his own household before he can be of use to the state. But no matter how…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“The nation behaves well if it treats its natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased,…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficultyI have never in my life envied…

— Theodore Roosevelt

It is time for us now as a nation to exercise the same reasonable foresight in dealing with our great natural resources…

— Theodore Roosevelt

We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The duties are even more important than the rights; and in the long run I think that the reward is ampler and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a prosperous community adopts the surest and safest method…

— Theodore Roosevelt

In foreign affairs we must make up our minds that whether we wish it or not, we are a great people and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The United States does not have a choice as to whether or not is will or will not play a great part…

— Theodore Roosevelt