I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.


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THEODORE ROOSEVELT
A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university educatio...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure.....
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves wh...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
I am a part of everything that I have read.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first i...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and sel...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but w...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and f...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
With self-discipline most anything is possible.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
The only tyrannies from which men, women and children are suffering in real life are the tyrannies o...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don'...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly I can!" - and get busy and find out...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Put out the light.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Do what you can with what you have where you are.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT