African proverb Quote by Nigel Hamilton

“I have always been fond of the West African proverb: ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far,’ ”

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

“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

Teddy Roosevelt... once said, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick.' Jimmy Carter wants to speak loudly and carry a fly swatter.

— Gerald R. Ford

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt”

— George Ilian

“The most successful politician is he who says what everybody is thinking most often and in the loudest voice. Theodore Roosevelt”

— Hugh Brogan

“There is not in the world a more ignoble character than the mere money-getting American, insensitive to every duty, regardless of every principle, bent…

— Timothy Egan

“The biggest lesson was that if you were clear about what you wanted as leaders and then let people give it to you without…

— Carmine Gallo

“To make his way, the Negro must have firm resolve, persistence, tenacity. He must gear himself to hard work all the way. He can…

— Anonymous

“[Theodore] Roosevelt had long ago discovered that the more provincial the supplicants, the less able were they to understand that their need was not…

— Edmund Morris

“The good people of a nation always vote a bad leader as a president in Africa”

— Aboagye Williamson De-graft

“A man who will steal for me will steal from me." Theodore Roosevelt, dismissing on the spot one of his best cowhands who was…

— David G. McCullough