Theodore Roosevelt quotes, with sources
26th U.S. president, conservationist, and prolific writer and orator. Here are 4 short quotes by Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919), each with the work it comes from, drawn from 4 sources.
Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Hit the line hard; don’t foul and don’t shirk, but hit the line hard.
The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything.
In this life we get nothing save by effort.
Sources
- Labor Day Address to the New York State Agricultural Association, Syracuse (1903)
- St. Nicholas Magazine, May 1900
- The Strenuous Life, 1900
- Theodore Roosevelt, the Citizen, 1904
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