Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. As a leader of the Republican Party during this time, he became a driving force for the Progressive Era in the United States in the early 20th century...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth27 October 1858
CountryUnited States of America
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gratitude jobs attitude
Comparison with something that is better is the thief of joy. Comparison with something that is worse is a joy - full of relief and gratitude! You cannot always choose what happens to you or your circumstances but you can always choose your attitude by what you choose to compare your experiences or circumstances to and therefore how you will feel!! We can make any experience either a heaven or a hell by what we compare it to. Our emotions are 'an inside job!'
exercise police doctrine
In the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrong doing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.
hard-work exercise men
There never has been devised, and there never will be devised, any law which will enable a man to succeed save by the exercise of those qualities which have always been the prerequisites of success - the qualities of hard work, of keen intelligence, of unflinching will.
politics kind individualism
The most practical kind of politics is the politics of decency.
law politics ruins
It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it is easy enough to ruin it by bad laws.
american-president ease history led life man name whose
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
political politics action
Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big.
ability capacity damage gulf larger markets oil potential pump seen
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.
american-president determination man mistakes
The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.
adage carry far homely softly
There is a homely adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far
educate man mind morals
To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a meance to society.
allegiance america either man
We can have no "50-50" allegiance in this country. Either a man is an American and nothing else, or he is not an American at all.
belongs cold credit daring fail great high neither nor people shall souls timid triumph victory worthy
The credit belongs to those people who are actually in the arena...who know the great enthusiasms, the great devotions to a worthy cause; who, at best, know the triumph of high achievement; and who,at worst, fail while daring greatly, so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.