1,051 Quotes by Theodore Roosevelt

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.

It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize.

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.

I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.

The potential for damage is much larger than we've seen in the past, ... The markets are a little spooked about our refining capacity and our ability to pump for oil in the Gulf of Mexico.

The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.

No people is fully civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse

I wish to preach not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of strenuous life