“Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.” — Theodore Roosevelt · The Strenuous Life speech, Chicago, 1899
“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” — Theodore Roosevelt · Labor Day speech, Syracuse, 1903
“Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.” — Theodore Roosevelt · Minnesota State Fair speech, 1901
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.” — Theodore Roosevelt · Citizenship in a Republic speech, Paris, 1910