Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

I'm doing it, I took responsibility in my country and I've done it with my bare hands.

Work alone is noble.

Teachers open the door, but you must enter by yourself.

Being self-made means doing things your own way - and doing it without any handouts.

I am happy with the way things are turning out for me because it is only my hard work and no one else's push.

Life helps those who help themselves.

If you want things to be right, you have to do them yourself

My mother told me...if you're going to get anywhere, you're going to have to do it yourself, because no one is going to do it for you.

As one goes through life, one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.

The Chinese mom is not the helicopter mom. I would never do their homework for them. It's all about: Take responsibility, don't blame others. Be self-reliant. Never blame the teacher.

From an early age my mother told me that there were so many of us that if I was to get anything in life I would have to get it myself. So I did.

You know, there's nobody where I've said, 'Man, I really want that guy's career.' I mean, each of us has to make our own go of it.

The important thing is to concentrate upon what you can do - by yourself, upon your own initiative.

It's no good being nice and young and naive. There's no good in that at all. You've got to do it all yourself, and you've gotta learn quick. And you can't look for sympathy either.

I am a firm believer in if you can't get it the old fashioned way, you don't need it.

The government is not your salvation. The government is not your road to prosperity. Hard work, education will take you far beyond what any government program can ever promise.

Freedom requires us to view people as wanting the opportunity to earn their success.

My parents are very conservative. They taught me the value of hard work - don't depend on other people, do it yourself.

Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.

I work hard and support myself.

I've been writing on my own. It's like Roger Miller used to say, every now and then, like a dog having puppies, you have to crawl under the house and do it yourself.

The best recommendation I can have is my own talents, and the fruits of my own labors, and what others will not do for me, I will try and do for myself.

My father felt that children should make their own way.

I believe that if you don't want to do anything, then sit there and don't do it, but don't expect people to hand you a corn beef sandwich and wash your socks for you and unzip your fly for you.