What are some Edith Carow Roosevelt quotes?

Answer 1

Quotes from Theodore RooseveltA vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user. Theodore Roosevelt

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. Theodore Roosevelt

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft! Theodore Roosevelt

Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

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. Theodore Roosevelt

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president. Theodore Roosevelt When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.' Theodore Roosevelt

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

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

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. Theodore Roosevelt, 'The Strenuous Life,' 1900

Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong. Theodore Roosevelt, 1916

The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others. Theodore Roosevelt, Labor Day speech at Syracuse, NY, Sept 7, 1903 ("Theodore Rex" - Edmund Morris)

There is a homely old adage which runs: "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." If the American nation will speak softly, and yet build and keep at a pitch of the highest training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far. Theodore Roosevelt, Speech in Chicago, 3 Apr. 1903

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing. Theodore Roosevelt, Speech in New York, September 7, 1903

Answer 2

"Nothing would please me more than when I die

they put this inscription on my tombstone:

Everything she did was for

the happiness of others."

- Edith Roosevelt quoted at

meeting of Oyster Bay Needlework Guild, 1932

http://www.theodore-roosevelt.com/edith.html

Answer 3

one of his most famous quotes was "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

~Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer 4

"Speak softly and carry a big stick" is perhaps the most famous Roosevelt quote. Another famous quote is "A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user."