Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
American President
Born: Oct 27, 1858
Died: Jan 6, 1919
Great Life Man People Work You
Related authors: Abraham Lincoln Barack Obama Donald Trump Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S Truman John F. Kennedy Ronald Reagan Thomas Jefferson
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive. Theodore Roosevelt
Liberty Destructive Equally Without Order
Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor. Theodore Roosevelt
Obedience Law Favor Demanded Asked
Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster. Theodore Roosevelt
Man Become Action Seize Never Get Intended Moment
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering. Theodore Roosevelt
Life History Man Worth Ease Throughout Never Remembering Name Left Who Lived
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice. Theodore Roosevelt
People Loudest Politician Thinking Says Voice He Most Often Successful Who
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats. Theodore Roosevelt
Great Man Win Overcome Mind Thousand Must Great Man Spite Merely Obstacles Make Make Up Boy His Up Going Who Defeats
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues. Theodore Roosevelt
Politics Saying Typical Real Issues Real Issues American Vice Anything American Politics Avoidance
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it. Theodore Roosevelt
You Job Busy Out Tell Find How Get Then Asked Certainly
No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse. Theodore Roosevelt
People Distinction Drawn Stealing Civilized Purse Between Office Where Wholly
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big. Theodore Roosevelt
Great Big Nation Action Must Great Nation Only Merely Talk Trusted Substitute Rhetoric Poor Really Act
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people. Theodore Roosevelt
Success People Important Single Along Most Knowing How Get The Most Important Formula Success Is Ingredient
It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize. Theodore Roosevelt
Organization Must Era Labor Essential Capital Should Organize Therefore
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly. Theodore Roosevelt
Crime Softly Never Hit Hitting Avoided Soft
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things. Theodore Roosevelt
Work Man Progress Remember Every Secondary Critic Importance Altogether Does Accomplished End In The End Who Things Every Man
The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants. Theodore Roosevelt
People Sometimes Sit Kick Pants Reversed Get Human Ends Human Body Happens Create Body Seat Two Need
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. Theodore Roosevelt
Life Character Long Alike Run Factor Individual Long Run Nations Decisive
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause. Theodore Roosevelt
Life Great Man Worth Cause Salt Risk Well-Being Ready His Times Body Who
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. Theodore Roosevelt
Work Men Big Jobs Ability Outgrow Small Prove Go Who
Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures. Theodore Roosevelt
Wealth Envy Hatred Own Our Enter Ourselves Vast Greatest Moderate Done Vices Means Natures Deep Harm
Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft. Theodore Roosevelt
Honorably Possible Never Hit Hitting Avoid Soft
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it. Theodore Roosevelt
Work Man Only Leave Been Ages Mar
Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved. Theodore Roosevelt
You Together Mind Leader Recognition Valued Member Has-Been Would Having Potential Outstanding Massive How How Much Been Salary Contribution Get Get Together Where Much Your Team Agree
I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head. Theodore Roosevelt
Heart Quality Think Softness Worse Only Head Than Hardness
The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer. Theodore Roosevelt
Humanity Country Brutal Most Surely His Traitor Pacifist
I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being. Theodore Roosevelt
Work Hard Work Man Worth Scale Admire He Him Himself Does Doing End Any May Being Pity Regard Social Hard Who Creature
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace. Theodore Roosevelt
Peace Better Rule Kinds Course Than Far Certain Avoided Wars
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