Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.

Success is sweet and sweeter if long delayed and gotten through many struggles and defeats.

Because you've done the horrible jobs, it gives you an even grittier determination to succeed.

The mark of a great player is in his ability to come back. The great champions have all come back from defeat.

The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.

I envision Hollywood as a race, and some people simply drop off before their turn comes around. It's all about stamina - your ability to get back up and keep going even though everything is pointing at the odds not being in your favor.

Success is not the absence of failure; it's the persistence through failure.

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

I've experienced a lot of successes. I've experienced a lot of failures. I've been able to get back up on my feet and keep going.

I was told by thousands of people I would never make it.

At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down. If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails.

You show me anybody that's great in anything they do, I'll show you somebody that's persevered, demonstrated that mental toughness to overcome some obstacles and adversity.

Victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.

I been through some things but I worked hard to get to where I'm at.

No one wants to quit when he's losing and no one wants to quit when he's winning.

I had five years of failure, really, before I had the first initial sign of success.

A champion is someone who gets up when he can't.

Most people who succeed in the face of seemingly impossible conditions are people who simply don't know how to quit.

A man is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.

Wally Amos is the classic example of a man who gets up again and again.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

Most of the time you will fail, but you will also occasionally succeed. Those occasional successes make all the hard work and sacrifice worthwhile.