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WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Theodore Roosevelt

Statesman, writer & reformer

Portrait of Theodore Roosevelt
Born
27 October 1858
Died
6 January 1919
Lived in
New York, Washington, D.C., the American West & worldwide expeditions

Theodore Roosevelt was an American writer, naturalist, reformer, and the twenty-sixth president of the United States. He argued for energetic public service, conservation, and a life defined by effort rather than comfort.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

In 1912 he was shot in the chest before a campaign speech. After deciding the bullet had not reached his lung, he spoke for roughly eighty minutes before accepting medical treatment.

Words by Theodore Roosevelt

“I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life.”
Theodore Roosevelt ↗
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure.”
Theodore Roosevelt ↗
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.”
Theodore Roosevelt ↗