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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I took the canal zone and let congress debate, and while the debate goes on the canal does also
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It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.
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Public right comes first and private interests second.
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The men and women who have the right ideals... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick, and you will go far.
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The person who succeeds is not the one who holds back, fearing failure, nor the one who never fails... but rather the one who moves on im spite of failure. Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory or defeat. Author: Teddy Roosevelt
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There is only one quality worse than hardness of heart and that is softness of head
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When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'
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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; . . . who at best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly.
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It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize.
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The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything. Do not be afraid to make mistakes providing you do not make the same one twice.
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Complaining about a problem without posing a solution is called whining.
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A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one. Once he has left office he cannot do very much; and he is a fool if he fails to realize it all and to be profoundly thankful for having had the great chance.
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No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.