Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

We value seriousness and willingness to solve problems.

If one is willing to do a thing he is afraid to do, he does not have to ... face a situation fearlessly, and if there is no situation to face; it falls away of its own weight.

But the future must be met, however stern and iron it be.

It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.

If we continue to approach problems from the perspective of temporary expediency, future generations will face tremendous difficulties.

Let us prepare TODAY. For the TOMORROWS in the lives of the nations will be so eventful that Negroes everywhere will be called upon to play their part in the survival of the fittest human group.

Starting off in music, the purpose of it was not to become like well known on the street and be famous. You know, I didn't even think about that part of being famous. Famous for making records, yes, but famous face in a woman's magazine, I never thought of that. I didn't want that.

Yield not to evils, but attack all the more boldly.

What people most need now is to apply their conversion skills to those things that are essential for their survival. They need to convert facts into logic, free will into purpose, conscience into decision. They need to convert historical experience into a design for a sane world.

I often hear from new graduates that it's better to wait until you have more experience.... But I'm a big believer in the power of inexperience.... The world needs you before you stop asking naive questions and while you have the time to understand the true nature of the complex problems we face and take them on.

If you are always frightened for yourself you can't act, and then life loses its purpose. You just have to tell yourself that, when you get right down to it, you don't matter all that much.

When we can sing in the face of death, we can sing in the face of anything.

... mathematics is the science of skillful operations with concepts and rules invented just for this purpose.

Joking decides great things, Stronger and better oft than earnest can.

The question that faces the strategic decision maker is not what his organisation should do tomorrow. It is, what do we have to do today to be ready for an uncertain tomorrow?

Staying occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems, they disappear.

You wouldn't want any creative process to lose its sense of fun and adventure, but that doesn't mean you can't take it seriously as well.

All men have fears, but the brave put down their fears and go forward, sometimes to death, but always to victory.

If somebody says, "You like putting out fires," and I say, "It's not a case of liking it, but I do put them out, and if there aren't fires left I make them, so I can put them out." It's what we do.

It is one of the great weaknesses of reasonable men and women that they imagine that projects which fly in the face of commonsense are not serious or being seriously undertaken.

When I get angry, it's with purpose. My purpose is to solve a problem. And I never lose sight of that.

I take happiness very seriously. It is a creed, a philosophy and an objective.

Whenever serious and competent people need to get things done in the real world, all considerations of tradition and protocol fly out the window.

When I get the point, I often don't know what to do with it.

Any difficulties which the world faces today will be as nothing compared to the full effects which global warming will have on the world-wide economy.