Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft. — Theodore Roosevelt
Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind. — Theodore Roosevelt
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! that is character! — Theodore Roosevelt
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past. — Theodore Roosevelt
Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of — Theodore Roosevelt
I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life. — Theodore Roosevelt
If there is not the war, you don’t get the great general; if there is not a great occasion — Theodore Roosevelt
I took the canal zone and let congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also. — Theodore Roosevelt
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering. — Theodore Roosevelt
No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man’s permission when we ask him to obey it. — Theodore Roosevelt
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
It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. — Theodore Roosevelt
It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. — Theodore Roosevelt
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. — Theodore Roosevelt
No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is — Theodore Roosevelt
I am only an average man, but, by george, I work harder at it than the average man. — Theodore Roosevelt
It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic, is of altogether secondary importance. — Theodore Roosevelt
We are face to face with our destiny and we must meet it with a high and resolute courage. — Theodore Roosevelt
To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president — Theodore Roosevelt
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled — Theodore Roosevelt