Theodore Roosevelt Quotes About Leadership
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My power vanishes into thin air the instant that my fellow citizens, who are straight and honest, cease to believe that I represent them and fight for what is straight and honest. That is all the strength that I have.
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The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.
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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.
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The stream will not permanently rise higher than the main source; and the main source of national power and national greatness is found in the average citizenship of the nation. Therefore it behooves us to do our best to see that the standard of the average citizen is kept high; and the average cannot be kept high unless the standard of the leaders is very much higher.
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In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.
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If a strong man has not in him the lift toward lofty things, his strength makes him only a curse to himself and his neighbor.
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The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.
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People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
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Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care.
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He who makes no mistakes makes no progress.
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The leader works in the open and the boss in covert. The leader leads, and the boss drives.
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To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
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Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
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Theodore Roosevelt
- Born: October 27, 1858
- Died: January 6, 1919
- Occupation: 26th U.S. President
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