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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.

“I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Work

All Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

“I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Work

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Life

“The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as he loves his own wife.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Women

“Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Courage

“There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

History

“The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Politics

“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

“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

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Work

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Great

“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.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Best

“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

“The government is us we are the government, you and I.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Government

“A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Politics

“If there is not the war, you don't get the great general if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Great

“It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Best

“No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Great

“For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Success

“It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Courage

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Time