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

"It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things."

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience."

"It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things."

"I took the Canal Zone and let Congress debate; and while the debate goes on, the canal does also."

"Every reform movement has a lunatic fringe."

"It is essential that there should be organization of labor. This is an era of organization. Capital organizes and therefore labor must organize."

"The reactionary is always willing to take a progressive attitude on any issue that is dead."

"No people is fully civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse"

"Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."

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

"I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!"

"I am a part of everything that I have read."

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

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

"The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats."

"A man who is good enough to shed his blood for the country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards."

"Wars are, of course, as a rule to be avoided; but they are far better than certain kinds of peace."

"Great thoughts speak only to the thoughtful mind, but great actions speak to all mankind."

"Speak softly and carry a big stick."

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

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

"The government is us; we are the government, you and I."

"Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures."

"The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life."

"A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."

"It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."

"A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad."

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

"I took the canal zone and let congress debate, and while the debate goes on the canal does also"

"Courtesy is as much a mark of a gentleman as courage."

"The first requisite of a good citizen in this republic of ours is that he shall be able and willing to pull his own weight."

"When you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and find out how to do it."

"Obedience of the law is demanded; not asked as a favor."

"When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not Guilty."

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

"The only man who makes no mistakes is the man who never does anything."

"No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause."

"Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."

"No great intellectual thing was ever done by great effort."

"He and I are happy today that the worst of the crisis is over."

"We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done."

"The men and women who have the right ideals... are those who have the courage to strive for the happiness which comes only with labor and effort and self-sacrifice, and those whose joy in life springs in part from power of work and sense of duty."

"Don't foul, don't flinch. Hit the line hard."

"At sometime in our lives a devil dwells within us, causes heartbreaks, confusion and troubles, then dies."

"No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his body - to risk his well-being - to risk his life - in a great cause"

"If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month."

"We must remember not to judge any public servant by any one act, and especially should we beware of attacking the men who are merely the occasions and not the cause of disaster."

"My hat's in the ring. The fight is on and I'm stripped to the buff."

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