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In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.

In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.

Theodore Roosevelt
Running, Long, Truth Is
Theodore Roosevelt (2016). “Theodore Roosevelt's Words of Wit and Wisdom”, p.16, Chartwell

You can't choose your potential, but you can choose to fulfill it.

Theodore Roosevelt

Honesty first; then courage; then brains - and all are indispensable.

Theodore Roosevelt
Inspirational, Honesty, Brain

Make preparations in advance ... you never have trouble if you are prepared for it.

Theodore Roosevelt
Preparation, Survival, Trouble

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.

Theodore Roosevelt
Inspirational, Relationship, Success
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

The party belongs to the millions of the rank and file. It does not belong to the handful of politicians who have assumed fraudulently to upset the will of the rank and file. The action of these men is in no sense "regular," as they claim it to be.... theft and dishonesty cannot give and never shall give a title to regularity.

Theodore Roosevelt
Party, Men, Giving
Theodore Roosevelt (1926). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt”

If we put corrupt men in public office and sneeringly acquiesce in their corruptions, then we are wrong ourselves.

Theodore Roosevelt
Men, Office, Corruption

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Theodore Roosevelt
Healing, Feel Good, Joy
"Becoming a Great School: Harnessing the Powers of Quality Management and Collaborative Leadership". Book by Dr. Kenneth B. Cooper, Nels Gustafson and Joseph G. Salah (p. 9), December 24, 2013.

Let us rather run the risk of wearing out than rusting out.

Theodore Roosevelt
Running, Work Ethic, Risk
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.51, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty… I have never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I have envied a great many people who led difficult lives and led them well.

Theodore Roosevelt
Success, Pain, Mean
Theodore Roosevelt, Paul H. Jeffers (1998). “The Bully Pulpit: A Teddy Roosevelt Book of Quotations”, p.120, Taylor Trade Publications

The one quality which sets one man apart from another- the key which lifts one to every aspiration while others are caught up in the mire of mediocrity- is not talent, formal education, nor intellectual brightness - it is self-discipline. With self-discipline all things are possible. Without it, even the simplest goal can seem like the impossible dream.

Theodore Roosevelt
Dream, Men, Keys

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to the American public.

Theodore Roosevelt
Peace, War, Freedom Of Speech
Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.146, Cornell University Press

The reason fat men are good natured is they can neither fight nor run.

Theodore Roosevelt
Fitness, Running, Fighting

Unrestrained greed means the ruin of the great woods and the drying up of the sources of the rivers.

Theodore Roosevelt
Mean, Rivers, Greed
Theodore Roosevelt (1899). “The Rough Riders: An Autobiography”, p.568, Library of America

With a great moral issue involved, neutrality does not serve righteousness; for to be neutral between right and wrong is to serve wrong.

Theodore Roosevelt
Issues, Doe, Neutrality
Theodore Roosevelt (1954). “1914-1919”

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Theodore Roosevelt
Graduation, Senior, Education
"Art of Communicating Ideas". Book by William Joseph Grace, p. 389, 1952.

You cannot create prosperity by law. Sustained thrift, industry, application, intelligence, are the only things that ever do, or ever will, create prosperity. But you can very easily destroy prosperity by law.

Theodore Roosevelt
Law, Prosperity, Application

The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.

Theodore Roosevelt
Patriotic, Hands, Class
Theodore Roosevelt (1904). “Addresses and Presidential Messages of Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1904”

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.

Theodore Roosevelt
Peace, War, Responsibility
Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Bully!”, p.442, Simon and Schuster

Every man, who parrots the cry of ‘stand by the President’ without adding the proviso ‘so far as he serves the Republic’ takes an attitude as essentially unmanly as that of any Stuart royalist who championed the doctrine that the King could do no wrong. No self-respecting and intelligent free man could take such an attitude.

Theodore Roosevelt
Kings, Attitude, Intelligent
Theodore Roosevelt (1918). “The Great Adventure: Present-day Studies in American Nationalism”, London : J. Murray

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Theodore Roosevelt
Character, Gun, Political
Theodore Roosevelt (2013). “Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young.

Theodore Roosevelt
Happy Birthday, Funny Birthday, Congratulations
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.7, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day.

Theodore Roosevelt
Real, Party, Issues
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage.

Theodore Roosevelt
Wisdom, Courage, Gentleman
Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.31, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

The good citizen will demand liberty for himself, and as a matter of pride he will see to it that others receive the liberty which he thus claims as his own. Probably the best test of true love of liberty in any country is the way in which minorities are treated in that country. Not only should there be complete liberty in matters of religion and opinion, but complete liberty for each man to lead his life as he desires, provided only that in so doing he does not wrong his neighbor.

Theodore Roosevelt
Wisdom, Country, Pride
Citizenship in a Republic - The Man in the Arena, delivered 23 April 1910, Le Sorbonne, University of Paris