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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.

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Work

All Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Men

“Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk we must act big.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Great

“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

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Success

“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

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Courage

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Work

“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

— 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 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

“With self-discipline most anything is possible.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Inspirational

“Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Learning

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Great

“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Life

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Work

“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.”

— Theodore Roosevelt

Good

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Inspirational

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Time

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Education

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

Life