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69 Inspirational Theodore Roosevelt Quotes to Believe in Yourself (LEADERSHIP)

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (born 27 October 1858, New York, New York, U.S. – died 6 January 1919, Oyster Bay, New York, U.S.), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909. In 1906, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in bringing an end to the Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905) through successful mediation. Moreover, he played a crucial role in securing the path and initiating the construction of the Panama Canal, a project that spanned from 1904 to 1914.

Top 10 Famous Theodore (TEDDY) Roosevelt Quotes

Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
Believe you can and you’re halfway there.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
Nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.
Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don’t have the strength.
People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.
When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
When you’re at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing.
I don’t pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.
I don’t pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I pity the creature who does not work, at whichever end of the social scale he may regard himself as being.
Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s the choice that something else is greater than that fear.
Courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s the choice that something else is greater than that fear.

17 Uplifting Theodore Roosevelt Quotes to Inspire You to Believe in Yourself and Achieve Your Goals

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
I am only an average man, but by George, I work harder at it than the average man.
Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
Knowing what’s right doesn’t mean much unless you do what’s right.
Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.
Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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!
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!

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.
The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.
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.
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.
Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.
Power invariably means both responsibility and danger.

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph.

Theodore Roosevelt
When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
When you play, play hard; when you work, don’t play at all.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell ’em, ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it.
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.
Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you’ve got to start young.

19 Theodore Roosevelt Quotes About leadership, Government, Politics, Democracy and Civic Duty

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
A man's first duty is to pull his own weight and to take care of those dependent upon him.
A man's first duty is to pull his own weight and to take care of those dependent upon him.
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
It is better for the Government to help a poor man to make a living for his family than to help a rich man make more profit for his company.
It is better for the Government to help a poor man to make a living for his family than to help a rich man make more profit for his company.
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
The government is us; we are the government, you and I.
No man has a right to shirk his political duties under whatever plea of pleasure or business.
No man has a right to shirk his political duties under whatever plea of pleasure or business.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.
A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy.
A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy.
The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.
The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.
Credit should go with the performance of duty, and not with what is very often the accident of glory.
Credit should go with the performance of duty, and not with what is very often the accident of glory.
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in if it is not a reasonably good place for all of us to live in.
This country will not be a good place for any of us to live in if it is not a reasonably good place for all of us to live in.
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.
Thrice happy is the nation that has a glorious history.
Thrice happy is the nation that has a glorious history.

They understood that I paid no heed to where they came from; no heed to their creed, politics, or social standing; that I would care for them to the utmost of my power, but that I demanded the highest performance of duty; while in return I had seen them tested, and knew I could depend absolutely on their courage, hardihood, obedience, and individual initiative.

Theodore Roosevelt

23 Motivating Theodore Roosevelt Quotes to Live Your Best Life

In life as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don’t foul and don’t shirk, but hit the line hard.
In life as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard; don’t foul and don’t shirk, but hit the line hard.

Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.

Theodore Roosevelt
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.
To sit home, read one’s favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men’s doing.
To sit home, read one’s favorite paper, and scoff at the misdeeds of the men who do things is easy, but it is markedly ineffective. It is what evil men count upon the good men’s doing.
The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.
If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn’t sit for a month.
Unless a man is master of his soul, all other kinds of mastery amount to little.
Unless a man is master of his soul, all other kinds of mastery amount to little.
There are many qualities which we need in order to gain success, but the three above all—for the lack of which no brilliancy and no genius can atone—are Courage, Honesty and Common Sense.
There are many qualities which we need in order to gain success, but the three above all—for the lack of which no brilliancy and no genius can atone—are Courage, Honesty and Common Sense.

We must show, not merely in great crises, but in the everyday affairs of life, the qualities of practical intelligence, of courage, of hardihood, and endurance, and above all the power of devotion to a lofty ideal, which made great the men who founded this Republic in the days of Washington, which made great the men who preserved this Republic in the days of Abraham Lincoln.

Theodore Roosevelt

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with the other nations of the earth, and we must behave as be seen as a people with such responsibilities.

Theodore Roosevelt
With self-discipline, almost anything is possible.
With self-discipline, almost anything is possible.
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.
Don’t hit a man at all if you can avoid it, but if you have to hit him, knock him out.
Don’t hit a man at all if you can avoid it, but if you have to hit him, knock him out.
All the resources we need are in the mind.
All the resources we need are in the mind.
Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing.
There is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.
There is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.
No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
No man should receive a dollar unless that dollar has been fairly earned.
Death is always and under all circumstances a tragedy, for if it is not, then it means that life itself has become one.
Death is always and under all circumstances a tragedy, for if it is not, then it means that life itself has become one.
At sometime in our lives a devil dwells within us, causes heartbreaks, confusion and troubles, then dies.
At sometime in our lives a devil dwells within us, causes heartbreaks, confusion and troubles, then dies.

It is of little use for us to pay lip-loyalty to the mighty men of the past unless we sincerely endeavor to apply to the problems of the present precisely the qualities which in other crises enabled the men of that day to meet those crises.

Theodore Roosevelt
It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.
It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape that when or if the opportunities come he is ready.

It is not the critic who counts… The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly… who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt
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