Quotes from Theodore Roosevelt
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Never trust a man who says he is only a little crooked, and that the crookedness is exercised in your interest.
- Theodore Roosevelt
The longer I live the more I think of the quality of fortitude... men who fall, pick themselves up and stumble on, fall again, and are trying to get back up when they die.
- Theodore Roosevelt
What a man does for himself, dies with him. What a man does for his community lives long after he's gone.
- Theodore Roosevelt
We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster.
- Theodore Roosevelt
The ordinary air fighter is an extraordinary man and the extraordinary air fighter stands as one in a million among his fellows.
- Theodore Roosevelt
The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena..who errs, who comes short again and again; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who spends himself in a worthy cause.
- Theodore Roosevelt
We must diligently strive to make our young men decent, God-fearing, law-abiding, honor-loving, justice-doing and also fearless and strong.
- Theodore Roosevelt
To every man who faces life with real desire to do his part in everything, I appeal for a study of the Bible.
- Theodore Roosevelt
No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
- Theodore Roosevelt
When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it.
- Theodore Roosevelt