Theodore Roosevelt on Leadership Quotes

"The vice of the capitalist who exploits the public... is no more and no less than the vice of the labor leader who exploits the public."

"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."

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

"Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much."

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better."

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

"The man who is not a good citizen is not a good American."

"The man of great wealth who happens to be a bad man is a menace to the community."

"Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe."

"The man of great wealth who does not use that wealth for the public good is a menace."

"We must act upon the motto of all for each and each for all."

"No man is above the law and no man is below it; nor do we ask any man's permission when we require him to obey it."

"We should not permit the accumulation of vast fortunes that are not used for the public good."

"The man who loves other countries as much as his own stands on a level with the man who loves other women as much as his wife."

"Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike."

"It is too late to whet the sword when the trumpet sounds to draw it."

"There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism."

"It is not the critic who counts... The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood."

"The boy is the only person in the world who can take your place."

"I am a believer in the rights of property, but I believe that the rights of man come first."

"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."

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

"We must treat each man on his worth as a man."

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President... is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."