Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

"It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things."

"The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits."

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in a gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."

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

"Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive."

"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards."

"The government is us; we are the government, you and I."

"Believe you can and you're halfway there."

"With self-discipline most anything is possible."

"A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education."

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."

"People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives."

"Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground."

"To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society."

"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people."

"Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time."

"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones."

"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."

"Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering."