9 Theodore Roosevelt Quotes on Success

Theodore Roosevelt quotes on success

5. Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in that grey twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.

20. It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

37. In life, as in a football game, the principle to follow is: Hit the line hard.

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

72. For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

77. I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man.

91. It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.

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

138. With self-discipline most anything is possible.