45 quotes
26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909
“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official."
on Philosophy
"The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it."
on Joy
"The reader, the booklover, must meet his own needs without paying too much attention to what his neighbors say those needs should be."
on Knowledge
"Believe that you can and you are halfway there"
on Inspirational
"No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it."
on Law
"Do what you can with what you have where you are."
"It is impossible to win the great prizes of life without running risks."
on Life
"I care not what others think of what I do but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character!"
on Character
"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people."
on Success
"I am only an average man but by George I work harder at it than the average man."
"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."
on Wisdom
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
on Work
"It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things."
on Resilience
"Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering."
on Death
"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."
"I have only a second rate brain, but I think I have a capacity for action."
"When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on."
"Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike."
"The government is us; WE are the government, you and I."- Theodore Roosevelt"
on Government
"A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."
