Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

- Theodore Roosevelt
More Quotes By Theodore Roosevelt
- In other words, character is far more important than intellect to the race as to the individual. We...
- Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them – not what they...
- In a civilized and cultivated country wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen....
- Character is far more important than intellect in making a man a good citizen or successful at his...
- If, in any individual, university training produces a taste for refined idleness, a distaste for sustained effort, a...
- The truth is that any good modern rifle is good enough. The determining factor is the man behind...
- The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands...
- Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not...
- The bosses of the Democratic party and the bosses of the Republican party alike have a closer grip...
- When the time of danger comes, all Americans, whatever their social standing, whatever their creed, whatever the training...
- A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.
- Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or...
- Bodily vigor is good, and vigor of intellect is even better, but far above is character.
- A just war is in the long run far better for a man’s soul than the most prosperous...
- In the long run, the most unpleasant truth is a safer companion than a pleasant falsehood.
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