Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

I've had my share of struggle. I believe, never take success to your head or failure to your heart.

He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.

It is almost as easy to be enervated by triumph as by defeat.

You can never be truly happy in a life unless you have known a sorrow. All terrible things we have gone through in life have created spaces inside us where happiness can live Not to mention love.

It is only in sorrow bad weather masters us; in joy we face the storm and defy it.

I came into acting with that sort of dull, meet-with-triumph-and-disaster-the-same philosophy and it's been the right one for me.

We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.

Hollywood is like life, you face it with the sum total of your equipment.

I think my life in general, like that of any human being, has highs and lows, has moments of great light and moments of great darkness.

There is winning and there is misery.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them

I've seen a lot in my life. I've seen a lot of winning. I've seen a lot of testing times. I think when you're tested, you really find out what you're made of, OK?

'Seat at the Table' has expressed real adversity, struggle, and also triumph and joy.

There are going to be ups and downs, but you have to have a steady mindset, regardless of the situation you're in.

Life is a bunch of ups and downs. It's how you handle it.

That mortal man who hath more of joy than sorrow in him, that mortal man cannot be true--not true, or undeveloped.

Like the ocean that remains calm in its depths even when waves rage over its surface, and like the sun that continues shining on high even during storms, we can at each moment create value and develop our state of life, enjoying our existence to the fullest in times of both suffering and joy.

Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind, The boughs drink in new beauty and the trunk Sends down a deeper root on the windward side. Only the soul that knows the mighty grief Can know the mighty rapture, Sorrows come To stretch out spaces in the heart for joy.

You make your own kinds of mistakes, and I’m sure you’ll have your share of regrets in life. But commitment was never your problem, sweetie. You have a better chance of making this work than most forty-year-olds I know. My little middle-aged child. Luckily, you seem to have found another old soul.

Joy is not an alternative to opposition; it is part of a compound that includes opposition.

Conflicts bring experience and experience brings that growth in Grace which is not to be attained by any other means!

There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain.

If we put the emphasis upon the right things, if we live the life that is worth while and then fail, we will survive all disasters, we will out-live all misfortune. We should be so well balanced and symmetrical, that nothing which could ever happen could throw us off our center, so that no matter what misfortune should overtake us, there would still be a whole magnificent man or woman left after being stripped of everything else.

Life is a refining process. Our response to it determines whether we'll be ground down or polished up. On a piano, one person sits down and plays sonatas, while another merely bangs away at "Chopsticks." The piano is not responsible. It's how you touch the keys that makes the difference. It's how you play what life gives you that determines your joy and shine.

Sometimes in life, we need a few bad days in order to keep the good ones in perspective.