Quotes from Theodore Roosevelt

I have already lived and enjoyed as much life as any nine other men I have known.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things.

It is by no means necessary that a great nation should always stand at the heroic level. But no nation has the root of greatness in it unless in time of need it can rise to the heroic mood.

I have had a great time as president.

Every Man owes some of his time to the upbuilding of the profession to which he belongs.

Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head.

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.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another.

Appraisals are where you get together with your team leader and agree what an outstanding member of the team you are, how much your contribution has been valued, what massive potential you have and, in recognition of all this, would you mind having your salary halved.

The beauty and charm of the wilderness are his for the asking, for the edges of the wilderness lie close beside the beaten roads of the present travel.

The nation behaves well if it treats the natural resources as assets which it must turn over to the next generation increased; and not impaired in value.

A grove of giant redwood or sequoias should be kept just as we keep a great and beautiful cathedral.

To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, and to live as a people, we must have trees.

I feel most emphatically that we should not turn into shingles a tree which was old when the first Egyptian conqueror penetrated to the valley of the Euphrates.

Americanism means the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood - the virtues that made America.

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.

In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.

The forces that tend for evil are great and terrible, but the forces of truth and love and courage and honesty and generosity and sympathy are also stronger than ever before.

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

There are dreadful moments when death comes very near those we love, even if for the time being it passes by. But life is a great adventure, and the worst of all fears is the fear of living.