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

“Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children's children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches or its romance.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

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

“Politeness [is] a sign of dignity, not subservience.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasums, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at best know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“And it is through strife and the readiness for strife that a man or a nation must win greatness. So, let the world know that we are here and willing to pour out our blood, our treasure, our tears. And that America is ready and if need be desirous of battle”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above both is character. It is true, of course, that a genius may, on certain lines, do more than a brave and manly fellow who is not a genius; and so, in sports, vast physical strength may overcome weakness, even though the puny body may have in it the heart of a lion. But, in the long run, in the great battle of life, no brilliancy of intellect, no perfection of bodily development, will count when weighed in the balance against that assemblage of virtues, active and passive, of moral qualities, which we group together under the name of character; and if between any two contestants, even in college sport or in college work, the difference in character on the right side is as great as the difference of intellect or strength the other way, it is the character side that will win.”
― Theodore Roosevelt

“Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's the choice that something else is greater than that fear.”
― Theadore Roosevelt

“Any man who has met with success, if he will be frank with himself, must admit that there has been a big element of fortune in the success.”
― Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography

“I grew into manhood thoroughly imbued with the feeling that a man must be respected for what he made of himself.”
― Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography