Theodore Roosevelt, (1858-1919), 26th US President Quotes

It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it.

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to those who are actually in the arena, who strive valiantly; who know the great enthusiasm, the great devotions, and spend themselves in a worthy cause; who at the best, know the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if they fail, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Pray not for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

When they call the roll in the Senate, the senators do not know whether to answer "present" or "not guilty.

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only % Americanism, only for those who are Americans and nothing else.

There is something to be said for government by a great aristocracy which has furnished leaders to the nation in peace and war for generations; even a democrat like myself must admit this. But there is absolutely nothing to be said for government by a plutocracy, for government by men very powerful in certain lines and gifted with the "money touch," but with ideals which in their essence are merely those of so many glorified pawnbrokers.

The worst of all fears is the fear of living.

Much has been given us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither.

The rule of brotherhood remains as the indispensable prerequisite to success in the kind of national life for which we strive.

Your attitude about who you are and what you have is a very little thing that makes a very big difference.