Theodore Roosevelt

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

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

No man is worth his salt who is not ready at all times to risk his well-being, to risk his body, to risk his life, in a great cause.

Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.

The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life.