1,051 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt


  • Author Theodore Roosevelt
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    The world wants the kind of men who do not shrink from temporary defeats in life; but come again and wrestle triumph from defeat.

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    It may be that 'the voice of the people is the voice of God' in fifty one cases out of a hundred, but in the remaining forty nine it is quite as likely to be the voice of the devil, of, what is still worse, the voice of a fool.

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    It may be true that he travels farthest who travels alone, but the goal thus reached is not worth reaching.

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    It pays no matter what comes after it, to try and do things, to accomplish things in this life and not merely to have a soft and pleasant time.

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    The men and women who have the right ideals . . . are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty.

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