1,051 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

Nothing worth having comes easy.

He [Lincoln] had mastered it {the Bible] absolutely...mastered it so that he became almost 'a man of one Book', who knew that Book and who instinctively put into practice what he had been taught therein.

Water is a commodity not by any means to be found everywhere...When found, it is more than likely to be bad, being either from a bitter alkaline pool, or from a hole in a creek, so muddy that it can only be called liquid by courtesy.

Speak softly, I'm getting my massage

Give a man a soccer ball, he plays for a moment. Teach a man to play soccer, he plays for a life time.

I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.

No President has ever enjoyed himself as much as I?

No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children; for upon her time and strength demands are made not only every hour of the day but often every hour of the night.

I have often thought that unselfishness combined in one word more of the teachings of the Bible than any other in the language.