1,051 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

I was glad to hear that you were to be confirmed.

The joy in life is his who has the heart to demand it.

I am a part of everything that I have read.

The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books

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

I would rather go out of politics having the feeling that I had done what was right than stay in with the approval of all men, knowing in my heart that I have acted as I ought not to.

To befoul the unholy alliance between corrupt business & corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.

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 citizen must have high ideals, and yet he must be able to achieve them inpractical fashion.