Quotes

“There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.” Theodore Roosevelt

“If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.” Theodore Roosevelt

“The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.” Theodore Roosevelt

“Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.” Theodore Roosevelt

“No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.” Theodore Roosevelt

“Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.” Theodore Roosevelt

“The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead.” Theodore Roosevelt

“When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.” Theodore Roosevelt

“Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.” Theodore Roosevelt

“The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be avoided; but never hit softly.” Theodore Roosevelt

“I am a part of everything that I have read.” Theodore Roosevelt

“I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also.” Theodore Roosevelt

“Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it.” Theodore Roosevelt

“No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.” Theodore Roosevelt

“Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor.” Theodore Roosevelt

“No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort.” Theodore Roosevelt

“The American people abhor a vacuum.” Theodore Roosevelt

“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.” Theodore Roosevelt

“Germany has reduced savagery to a science, and this great war for the victorious peace of justice must go on until the German cancer is cut clean out of the world body.” Theodore Roosevelt

“I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.” Tony Robbins

“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.” Tony Robbins

“A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.” Tony Robbins

“Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.” Tony Robbins

“One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.” Tony Robbins

“If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.” Tony Robbins

“If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do and you'll achieve the same results.” Tony Robbins

“We can change our lives. We can do, have, and be exactly what we wish.” Tony Robbins

“Success comes from taking the initiative and following up... persisting... eloquently expressing the depth of your love. What simple action could you take today to produce a new momentum toward success in your life?” Tony Robbins

“It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped.” Tony Robbins

“To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others.” Tony Robbins