Quotes from Theodore Roosevelt

The greatest happiness is the happiness that comes as a by-product of striving to do what must be done, even though sorrow is met in the doing.

Trippa, troppa, tronjes, De varken's in de boonjes, De koejes in de klaver, De paardeen in de haver, De eenjes in de water-plass! So groot myn kleine (here insert the little boy's or little girl's name)

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Unless a man is master of his soul all other kinds of mastery amount to little.

Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us, and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips, and shows itself in deeds.

Greatness comes only to those who seek not how to avoid obstacles, but how to overcome them.

There has not yet been a person in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.

Books are all very well in their way, and we love them at Sagamore Hill; but children are better than books.

There must be the keenest sense of duty, and with it must go the joy of living; there must be shame at the thought of shirking the hard work of the world, and at the same time delight in the many-sided beauty of life

We are bound in honor to strive to bring ever nearer the day when, as far is humanly possible, we shall be able to realize the ideal that each man shall have an equal opportunity to show the stuff that is in him by the way in which he renders service.

The Forest and water problems are perhaps the most vital internal problems of the United States.

i am part of everything that i have read