Teddy Roosevelt Quotes

Theodore Roosevelt, commonly known as Teddy Roosevelt, was an iconic figure in American history. As the 26th President of the United States, he left an indelible mark on the nation through his progressive policies, adventurous spirit, and unwavering dedication to public service.

However, Roosevelt’s influence extended far beyond his presidential tenure. His words of wisdom continue to inspire and motivate people from all walks of life.

In this collection, we are sharing best 49 of the best Teddy Roosevelt quotes, each offering a unique perspective on life, leadership, and personal growth.

Here are 49 unique quotes from Theodore Roosevelt:

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
“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.”
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”
“The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”
“No one cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”
“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.”
“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterward.”
“The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”
“The only way that a human being can make some approach to knowing the whole of a subject is by hearing what can be said about it by persons of every variety of opinion and studying all modes in which it can be looked at by every character of mind.”
“A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.”
“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
“The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight.”
“I am a part of everything that I have read.”
“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.”
“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”
“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!”
“Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”
“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.”
“The only quality that can be guaranteed for all time is honesty.”
“The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.”
“No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.”
“The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.”
“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.”
“A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
“No man is above the law, and no man is below it.”
“No nation deserves to exist if it permits itself to lose the stern and virile virtues.”
“We must dare to be great; and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice and high courage.”
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
“Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.”
“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.”
“The unforgivable crime is soft-hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.”
“Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”
“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.”
“The only wise and safe course is to prepare ourselves to meet any and every contingency.”
“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.”
“The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.”
“Nobody cares how much you know until they know how much you care.”
“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.”
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”
“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
“There is not in all America a more dangerous trait than the deification of mere smartness unaccompanied by any sense of moral responsibility.”
“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
“The unforgivable crime is soft-hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided, but never hit softly.”

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