All Theodore Roosevelt Quotes
The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Theodore Roosevelt
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The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.
Theodore Roosevelt
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace.
Theodore Roosevelt
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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
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Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.
Theodore Roosevelt
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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
Theodore Roosevelt
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Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
Theodore Roosevelt
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The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.
Theodore Roosevelt
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If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month.
Theodore Roosevelt
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The only time you really live fully is from thirty to sixty. The young are slaves to dreams; the old servants of regrets. Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.
Theodore Roosevelt
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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not guilty."
Theodore Roosevelt
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The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.
Theodore Roosevelt
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