Quotes from Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

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.

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

Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.

The farther one gets into the wilderness, the greater is the attraction of its lonely freedom.

Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere.

Freedom is not a gift which can be enjoyed save by those shown themselves worthy of it.

In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

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

Kings and such are just as funny as politicians.

The one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight... It should be the growing nation with a future which takes the long look ahead.

A people without children would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as helpless.

The worst of all fears is the fear of living.

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.