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…

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Topics: Military Quotes, War Quotes

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good...

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good...

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to...

The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to...

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

With self-discipline most anything is possible.

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no...

Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government owing no allegiance and acknowledging no...

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but...

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether...

It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether...

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man...

Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the...

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely...

When we judge or criticize another person, it says nothing about that person; it merely...

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

When you play, play hard; when you work, don't play at all.

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get...

The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get...

If there is not the war, you dont get the great general; if there is...

If there is not the war, you dont get the great general; if there is...

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and...

No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often...

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do...

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do...

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I...

I don't pity any man who does hard work worth doing. I admire him. I...

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or...

Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or...