Fitness Quote by Edmund Morris

“Speak softly, but carry a big stick. —Theodore Roosevelt, U.S. president”

— Adam M. Grant

Teddy Roosevelt spoke softly and carried a big stick; Donald Trump speaks loudly and carries a big shtick.

— Michael R. Burch

“he was willing to risk great personal harm and expend massive amounts of energy to develop that hardiness. You’ll have far better luck toughening…

— Ryan Holiday

“If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.  Theodore Roosevelt.”

— Doug Dandridge

To picture Roosevelt as a man at this time in his life - he felt he was old. He was 53 years old, feeling…

— Geoffrey Cowan

“What such a man needs is not courage but nerve control, cool headedness. This he can get only by practice. —THEODORE ROOSEVELT”

— Ryan Holiday

Had Roosevelt been caught, we would have been in a lot of trouble. It would have been very embarrassing.

— John Perkins

Who would have ever heard of Theodore Roosevelt outside of his immediate community if he had only half committed himself? The great secret of…

— Orison Swett Marden

Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew…

— Emanuel Celler

“Yet there was no doubt that Theodore Roosevelt was peculiarly qualified to be President of all the people. Few, if any Americans could match…

— Edmund Morris

“The press of visitors, a New York Times reporter observed, never seemed “to try the President’s strength or impair his good temper.” At one…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

Everyone's the anti-Teddy Roosevelt. Speak loudly and carry a brittle twig.

— Alec Sulkin