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There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.

There are many occasions when the highest praise one can receive is the attack of some given scoundrel.

Theodore Roosevelt
Praise, Scoundrels, Given
Theodore Roosevelt (1952). “The Big Stick, 1905-1909”

The Welfare of Each of Us Is Dependent Fundamentally Upon the Welfare of All of Us

Theodore Roosevelt
Oval, Welfare, Dependent
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.63, Taylor Trade Publications

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism.

Theodore Roosevelt
Country, Presidential, Rooms
Speech, New York, N.Y., 12 Oct. 1915

Great corporations exist only because they are created and safeguarded by our institutions; and it is therefore our right and duty to see that they work in harmony with these institutions.

Theodore Roosevelt
Corporations, Harmony, Institutions
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Section 2 (of 2) of Supplemental Volume: Theodore Roosevelt, Supplement”, p.23, tredition

The world wants the kind of men who do not shrink from temporary defeats in life; but come again and wrestle triumph from defeat.

Theodore Roosevelt
Life, Men, Temporary Defeat

If a man has a very decided character, has a strongly accentuated career, it is normally the case of course that he makes ardent friends and bitter enemies.

Theodore Roosevelt
Character, Men, Careers
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.139, Cornell University Press

A man's usefulness depends on his living up to his ideals insofar as he can. It is hard to fail but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. All daring and courage, all iron endurance of misfortune, make for a finer, nobler type of manhood. Only those are fit to live who do not fear to die; and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life and the duty of life.

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, Iron, Joy
Theodore Roosevelt (1955). “Theodore Roosevelt's America: Selections from the Writings of the Oyster Bay Naturalist”

We despise and abhor the bully, the brawler, the oppressor, whether in private or public life, but we despise no less the coward and the voluptuary. No man is worth calling a man who will not fight rather than submit to infamy or see those that are dear to him suffer wrong.

Theodore Roosevelt
Fighting, Men, Bully
Nobel Lecture, delivered 5 May 2010, Oslo, Norway

We have duties to others, and duties to ourselves, and we cannot shirk either.

Theodore Roosevelt
Shirk, Duty, Inaugural

There is need of a sound body, and even more need of a sound mind. But above mind and above body stands character-the sum of those qualities which we mean when we speak of a man's force and courage, of his good faith and sense of honor.

Theodore Roosevelt
Character, Mean, Men
Citizenship in a Republic - The Man in the Arena, delivered 23 April 1910, Le Sorbonne, University of Paris

There can be no life without change, and to be afraid of what is different or unfamiliar is to be afraid of life.

Theodore Roosevelt
Different, Afraid Of Life, Unfamiliar
Theodore Roosevelt (2006). “History as Literature and Other Essays”, p.303, Cosimo, Inc.

The fortunes amassed through corporate organization are now so large, and vest such power in those that wield them, as to make it a matter of necessity to give to the sovereign - that is, to the Government, which represents the people as a whole - some effective power of supervision over their corporate use. In order to insure a healthy social and industrial life, every big corporation should be held responsible by, and be accountable to, some sovereign strong enough to control its conduct.

Theodore Roosevelt
Strong, Government, Order
Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Cabot Lodge (2017). “THEODORE ROOSEVELT - Ultimate Collection: Memoirs, History Books, Biographies, Essays, Speeches &Executive Orders: America and the World War, The Ancient Irish Sagas, The Naval War of 1812, Hero Tales From American History, Winning of the West, Through the Brazilian Wilderness, History as Literature...”, p.3320, Madison & Adams Press

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.

Theodore Roosevelt
Life, Courage, Spring
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.76, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

The civilized people of today look back with horror at their medieval ancestors who wantonly destroyed great works of art or sat slothfully by while they destroyed. We have passed this stage.... Here in the U.S. we turn our rivers and streams into sewers and dumping grounds, we pollute the air, we destroy our forests and exterminate fishes, birds and mammals - not to speak of vulgarizing charming landscapes with hideous advertisements. But at best it looks as if our people were awakening.

Theodore Roosevelt
Art, Air, Rivers

In battle, the ONLY bullets that count are those that hit.

Theodore Roosevelt
Battle, Bullets

I have always said I would not have been President had it not been for my experience in North Dakota.

Theodore Roosevelt
President, North Dakota, Said

I wish to see the Bible study as much a matter of course in the secular colleges as in the seminary.

Theodore Roosevelt
College, Wish, Matter
Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

It is of far more important that a man shall play something himself, even if he plays it badly, than that he shall go with hundreds of companions to see someone else play well.

Theodore Roosevelt
Sports, Men, Play
Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

Thank God for the iron in the blood of our fathers

Theodore Roosevelt
Father, Blood, Iron
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses”, p.3, Courier Corporation

There is nothing brilliant or outstanding in my record, except perhaps this one thing. I do the things I believe ought to be done. And when I make up my mind to do a thing, I act.

Theodore Roosevelt
Famous Inspirational, Believe, Mind
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.168, Cornell University Press

We [must] hold the just balance and set ourselves as resolutely against improper corporate influence on the one hand as against demagogy and mob rule on the other.

Theodore Roosevelt
Hands, Balance, Mob Rule
Theodore Roosevelt (1941). “Theodore Roosevelt Cyclopedia”

There are those who believe that a new modernity demands a new morality. What they fail to consider is the harsh reality that there is no such thing as a new morality. There is only one morality . All else is immorality.

Theodore Roosevelt
Believe, Reality, Demand

Every person who invests in well-selected real estate in a growing section of a prosperous community adopts the surest and safest method of becoming independent, for real estate is the basis of wealth.

Theodore Roosevelt
Real, Independent, Community

The beauty and charm of the wilderness are his for the asking, for the edges of the wilderness lie close beside the beaten roads of the present travel.

Theodore Roosevelt
Lying, Asking, Wilderness
Theodore Roosevelt (2010). “The Green Roosevelt: Theodore Roosevelt in Appreciation of Wilderness, Wildlife, and Wild Places”, p.115, Cambria Press

There are good men and bad men of all nationalities, creeds and colors; and if this world of ours is ever to become what we hope some day it may become, it must be by the general recognition that the man's heart and soul, the man's worth and actions, determine his standing.

Theodore Roosevelt
Heart, Men, Color
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.21, Taylor Trade Publications