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Theodore Roosevelt

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Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) was the 26th President of the United States and one of the most dynamic leaders in American history. A soldier, naturalist, author, and reformer, Roosevelt championed conservation, consumer protection, and the "strenuous life." He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War.

“The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

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All Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

“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.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Life

“It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Work

“Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Death

“The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Dreams

“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 nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Failure

“People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership

“Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Men

“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.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Car

“Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Work

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Work

“A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Education

“Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Freedom

“To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Society

“Believe you can and you're halfway there.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Inspirational

“The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Best

“Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Peace

“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.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Great

“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Government

“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Success

“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Time