Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

The best executive 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.

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 grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

In any situation, the best thing you can do is the right thing; the next best thing you can do is the wrong thing; the worst thing you can do is nothing.

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

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

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

It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

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

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

The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.