Quotes from Theodore Roosevelt

Courage, hard work, self-mastery, and intelligent effort are all essential to successful life.

We shall make mistakes; and if we let these mistakes frighten us from our work we shall show ourselves weaklings.

90% of the work in this country is done by people who don't feel good".

From time to time, little men will find fault with what you have done...but they will go down the stream like bubbles, they will vanish. But the work you have done will remain for the ages.

No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

The men and women who have the right ideals ... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty.

Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.

Don't foul, don't flinch-hit the line hard.

We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage.

To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

It is better to be faithful than famous.

This country has nothing to fear from the crooked man who fails. We put him in jail. It is the crooked man who succeeds who is a threat to this country.