Theodore Roosevelt

The worst lesson that can be taught to a man is to rely upon others and to whine over his sufferings.

Theodore Roosevelt

There are good men and bad men of all nationalities, creeds and colors; and if this world of ours is ever to become what we hope some day it may become, it must be by the general recognition that the man’s heart and soul, the man’s worth and actions, determine his standing.

Theodore Roosevelt

This country will not be a permanently good place for any of us to live in unless we make it a reasonably good place for all of us to live in.

Theodore Roosevelt

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.

Theodore Roosevelt

Unless a man is master of his soul all other kinds of mastery amount to little.

Theodore Roosevelt

Viewed purely in the abstract, I think there can be no question that women should have equal rights with men.

Theodore Roosevelt

We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.

Theodore Roosevelt

We should not forget that it will be just as important to our descendants to be prosperous in their time as it is to us to be prosperous in our time.

Theodore Roosevelt

Whatever it is, handle it so that your children’s children will get the benefit of it.

Theodore Roosevelt

90% of the work in this country is done by people who don’t feel good.

Theodore Roosevelt