Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Some quotes by one of the greatest Presidents our country has seen - Theodore Roosevelt.

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"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

"Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike."

"Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage."

"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are."

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

"Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind."

"In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing."

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."

"The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything."

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

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It was said that Teddy Roosevelt would read a book a day... what an inspiration!

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