Theodore Roosevelt Quotes about Leadership

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Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.

Theodore Roosevelt

Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership

Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.5, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership, Education, Business

He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership, Mistake, Progress

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Theodore Roosevelt

Inspirational, Relationship, Leadership

Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.75, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership, Presidential, Sticks

Letter to Henry L. Sprague, 26 Jan. 1900

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.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership, Men, Risk

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

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership, Differences, People

Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.4, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership, Boss, Outstanding Leaders

Theodore Roosevelt (1926). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt”

If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership, Strong, Men

Theodore Roosevelt (1910). “Works: The strenuous life”

The stream will not permanently rise higher than the main source; and the main source of national power and national greatness is found in the average citizenship of the nation. Therefore it behooves us to do our best to see that the standard of the average citizen is kept high; and the average cannot be kept high unless the standard of the leaders is very much higher.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership, Greatness, Average

Citizenship in a Republic - The Man in the Arena, delivered 23 April 1910, Le Sorbonne, University of Paris

My power vanishes into thin air the instant that my fellow citizens, who are straight and honest, cease to believe that I represent them and fight for what is straight and honest. That is all the strength that I have.

Theodore Roosevelt

Leadership, Believe, Fighting

Theodore Roosevelt (1926). “The Works of Theodore Roosevelt”