Quotes from Theodore Roosevelt

I then held, and now hold, the belief that a man's first duty is to pull his own weight and to take care of those dependent upon him; and I then believed, and now believe, that the greatest privilege and greatest duty for any man is to be happily married, and that no other form of success or service, for either man or woman, can be wisely accepted as a substitute or alternative.

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.

There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

Don't foul, don't flinch-hit the line hard.

Nothing worth having was ever achieved without effort.

The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government.

No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it... Obedience to the law is demanded as a right, not asked as a favor.

To educate a person in the mind but not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

We are the heirs of the ages

The greatest privilege and greatest duty for any man is to be happily married, and no other form of success or service, for either man or woman, can be wisely accepted as a substitute or alternative