Theodore Roosevelt Quotes - Page 20

• In speaking to you men of the greatest city of the West, men of the state which gave to the country Lincoln and Grant, men who preeminently and distinctly embody all that is most American in the American character, I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Life, Country, Character

  Speech to Hamilton Club, Chicago, Ill., 10 Apr. 1899

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• There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first, ranging from grizzly bears to 'mean' horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid I gradually ceased to be afraid.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Horse, Fear, Mean

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.19, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Higher, Basements

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• In foreign affairs we must make up our minds that whether we wish it or not, we are a great people and must play a great part in the world. It is not open to us to choose whether we will play that great part or not.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Play, People, Mind

  "A Compilation of the Messages and Speeches of Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1905".

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• Men with the muckrake are often indispensable to the well-being of society, but only if they know when to stop raking the muck.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Corruption, Well Being

  Speech, Washington, D.C., 14 Apr. 1906 See Bunyan 6

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• Success, the real success, does not depend upon the position you hold but upon how you carry yourself in that position.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Real, Doe, Position

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “African and European Addresses”, p.131, tredition

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• I regard the Masonic institution as one of the means ordained by the Supreme Architect to enable mankind to work out the problem of destiny; to fight against, and overcome, the weaknesses and imperfections of his nature, and at last to attain to that true life of which death is the herald and the grave the portal.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Mean, Fighting, Destiny

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• Each man must work for himself, and unless he so works, no outside help can avail him.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Hard Work, Men, Helping

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.71, Cornell University Press

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• The White House is a bully pulpit.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  White, House, Bully

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• The country's honor must be upheld at home and abroad.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Country, Home, Honor

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• The bulk of government is not legislation but administration.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Government, Administration, Legislation

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.90, Cornell University Press

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• Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Mean, Rights, Supremacy

  State of the Union Address - The Four Freedoms Speech, January 6, 1941.

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• Fertile plains, every foot of them tilled, are of the first necessity; but great natural playgrounds of mountain, forest, cliff-walled lake, and brawling brook are also necessary to the full and many-sided development of a fine race.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Lakes, Race, Feet

  Theodore Roosevelt (1926). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt”

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• Councils of War never fight.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Peace, War, Fighting

  Theodore Roosevelt (2001). “The Selected Letters of Theodore Roosevelt”, Cooper Square Pub

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• Property belongs to man and not man to property.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Men, Property

  Address at the Sorbonne, Paris, 23 Apr. 1910

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• There is no moral difference between gambling at cards or in lotteries or on the race track and gambling in the stock market. One method is just pernicious to the body politic as the other kind.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Gambling, Race, Differences

  United States. President (1901-1909 : Roosevelt), Theodore Roosevelt (1908). “The Roosevelt Policy: Speeches, Letters and State Papers, Relating to Corporate Wealth and Closely Allied Topics, of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States”

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• The chase is among the best of all national pastimes; it cultivates that vigorous manliness for the lack of which in a nation, as in an individual, the possession of no other qualities can possibly atone.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Quality, Individual, Possession

  Theodore Roosevelt (2000). “Hunting Trips of a Ranchman and The Wilderness Hunter”, p.14, Modern Library

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• The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Way, Faces, Life Is

  Citizenship in a Republic - The Man in the Arena, delivered 23 April 1910, Le Sorbonne, University of Paris

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• I keep my good health by having a very bad temper, kept under good control.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Good Health, Temper, Bad Temper

  Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.69, Taylor Trade Publications

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• 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

  Creativity, Two, People

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• All constitutions, those of the States no less than that of the nation, are designed, and must be interpreted and administered so as to fit human rights.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Rights, Constitution, Fit

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.75, Cornell University Press

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• A just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Running, War, Men

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• The nation should be ruled by the Ten Commandments.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Religion, Should, Ten Commandments

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• We are the heirs of the ages

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Age, Heirs

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.47, Cornell University Press

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• A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one. Once he has left office he cannot do very much; and he is a fool if he fails to realize it all and to be profoundly thankful for having had the great chance.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Kings, Office, President

  Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

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