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#1

“The things that will destroy America are prosperity at any price, peace at any price, safety first instead of duty first and love of soft living and the get-rich-quick theory of life.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: americanism, duty, nationalism

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#2

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: inspirational

23868 likes

#3

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: inspirational, politics, presidential

8504 likes

#4

“It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: bravery, decisiveness, failure, inaction, success, timidity

2146 likes

#5

“When you're at the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: clever, desperation, hope, inspiration, misattributed, tenacity

1386 likes

#6

“Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: inspirational

778 likes

#7

“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: diplomacy, hurt, preparedness, presidential

706 likes

#8

“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: decisiveness, inaction, just-do-it, timidity, wisdom

1304 likes

#9

“To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: character, education, morality

1015 likes

#10

“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.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: americanism, equality, freedom, independence, individuality, liberty, patriotic, patriotism, respect, self-respect

571 likes

#11

“Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: bullying, moral-courage

906 likes

#12

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: dissent, freedom-of-speech, truth-telling

1117 likes

#13

“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, Strenuous Life

tags: decisiveness, fear, inaction, just-do-it, risk, timidity, wisdom

764 likes

#14

“A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: civic-duty, democracy, elections, voters

364 likes

#15

“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: achievement, adversity, easy, effort, envy, lives

1397 likes

#16

“Courage is not having the strength to go on; it is going on when you don't have the strength.”
― Teddy Roosevelt

tags: courage, perseverance, tenacity

758 likes

#17

“Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: diplomacy, preparedness, strategy

261 likes

#18

“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not Guilty'.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: government, government-corruption, politics, senate

246 likes

#19

“In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag... We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: americanism, immigration, patriotism, xenophobia

366 likes

#20

“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: achievement, fame, struggle

389 likes

#21

“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country. In either event, it is unpatriotic not to tell the truth, whether about the president or anyone else.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: civic-duty, dissent, patriotism, truth-telling

994 likes

#22

“If you've got them by the balls, their hearts and minds will follow.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: diplomacy, intimidation

252 likes

#23

“If given the choice between Righteousness and Peace, I choose Righteousness.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

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#24

“In this country we have no place for hyphenated Americans.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: diversity, equality

157 likes

#25

“We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: assertiveness, bully, coward, oppression, timidity

160 likes

#26

“There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: charity

115 likes

#27

“The great body of our citizens shoot less as times goes on. We should encourage rifle practice among schoolboys, and indeed among all classes, as well as in the military services by every means in our power. Thus, and not otherwise, may we be able to assist in preserving peace in the world... The first step – in the direction of preparation to avert war if possible, and to be fit for war if it should come – is to teach men to shoot!”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: gun-control, gun-rights

87 likes

#28

“Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: inspirational

84 likes

#29

“Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

tags: character, moral-courage

117 likes

#30

“In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

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