Creative Quotations from . . .
Theodore Roosevelt
(1858-1919) born on Oct 27
US president (26th). "He led the "Rough Riders" during Spanish-American War, and served as the 26th U.S. president, 1901-09."
 
   
F
To educate a man in mind and not in morale is to educate a menace to society.

R
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
A
"Far better to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much . . . in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
N
"I am only an average man but, by George, I work harder at it than the average man."
K
There is a homely adage which runs: ``Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.''


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Speakers Sourcebook I," by Eleanor Doan, 1960."
R: "Speech, 14 Jun 1917, Lincoln, Nebr."
A: "Speech, 1899; in "A Treasury of Great American Quotations," ed. Charles Hurd, 1964."
N: "In "Instant Quotation Dictionary," by Donald O. Bolander, 1979."
K: "Speech, Sep 2, 1901."



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