# Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

26th president of the United States, conservationist and author. (1858-1919)

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt
Believe you can and you're halfway there.
Theodore Roosevelt
Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.
Theodore Roosevelt
It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.
Theodore Roosevelt
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.
Theodore Roosevelt

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### Who was Theodore Roosevelt?

26th president of the United States, conservationist and author. This page collects their most famous quotes in one place.

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