Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Comparison is the thief of joy.

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 that grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. –

It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles... 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, ...if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.”

To have what you've never had, you must do what you've never done

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.

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

No one cares to know how much you know until they know how much you care.

[On Henry James:] A little emasculated mass of inanity

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.

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

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

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

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Far better is it 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 a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.