Theodore Roosevelt

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.

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

Believe you can and you're halfway there.

Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind.

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards.

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

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.

The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.

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