The human body has two ends on it: one to create with and one to sit on. Sometimes people get their ends reversed. When this happens they need a kick in the seat of the pants.

Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

Topics: Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If...

Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If...

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only...

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only...

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...

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the...

People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the...

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk...

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk...

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to...

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president... is morally treasonable to...

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit...

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit...

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only...

There can be no fifty-fifty Americanism in this country. There is room here for only...

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

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...

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...

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than...

I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than...

Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not...

Americanism is a question of principle, of purpose, of idealism, of character. It is not...

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

The unforgivable crime is soft hitting. Do not hit at all if it can be...

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a...

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a...

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it...

It is difficult to make our material condition better by the best law, but it...