Teddy Roosevelt: my favorite quote

[PALADIN85020]

Speak softly, but carry a big stick.

Gotta agree with that. Here's my philosophy, guided by that quote.

John

 

[GKC]

My favorite quote is John Wayne: "Life is hard. It's harder if you're stupid."

 

[GearHead_1]

I don't mean to hi-jack this thread but if we're mentioning favorite quotes, here's one of mine. As near as I've been able to determine, though often credited to Dante, I believe it was actually a statement that was derived from what was actually written.

"The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in times of great moral crisis maintain their neutrality"

I believe it was John F. Kennedy that attributed this quote to Dante. In Dante's Divine Comedy there was something written along these lines and I believe later morfed into the modern terms with which we are familiar. From Dante, those who "non furon ribelli né fur fedeli" — neither rebelled against nor were faithful to God — are located directly inside the gate of Hell, a region neither hot nor cold; the lowest part of Hell, a frigid lake of ice, was for traitors.

Regardless of where the quote originated I like what the thought represents. Pick a side brother!

 

[RIDE-RED 350r]

One of my favorites...

"No bast--d ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bast--d die for his country." - George S. Patton

 

[Pop's2]

Teddy had a lot to say and I have always liked:

“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, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

 

[Andy Griffith]

I always liked how Clark Gable said it, even though Margaret Mitchell penned it:

Franklily my dear I don't give a.....

I always dreamed of growing up and being like Clark Gable.

 

[teesur]

"We're surrounded - that simplifies our problem"

Lewis Burwell Puller, USMC - Chosin Resevoir, Korea - 1950.
teesur.

 

[vytoland]

"do you believe in jesus?.....well, you're gonna meet him."

paul kersey: death wish II

 

[Fir Fer]

Dirty Harry- "A man has to know his limitations"

 

[pilgrim6a]

"I would never shoot anyone by accident. I need their votes."
T.R. in 'The Wind and the Lion'

 

[Ironhand]

Teddy had a lot to say and I have always liked:

“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, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

"The Man in the Arena"....



Right on.

 

[mac2]

Teddy had a lot to say and I have always liked:

“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, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

A favourite too -from anyone - wish more than a few critcs had read it...

 

[7shooter]

Teddy had a lot to say and I have always liked:

“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, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.”

That quote was hung in the training room at the University of North Dakota when I was a wrestler there in the 60's. I read it every time I went in there. Great quote.

 

[thndrchiken]

while Teddy Roosevelt did a great many things for the sportsman and conservation, I think you all should also realize that he was one of the pioneers of the liberal progressives.

Now on the subject of quote's I was always kinda fond of "Learn from history or be doomed to repeat it".

 

[Rule3]

I like Yogi isms.

It ain't over till it's over

When you come to a fork in the road, take it

Nobody goes there anymore, it's to crowded

.........................

 

[kraigwy]

"Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men."

 

[LOBO]

"The purpose of fighting is to win. There is no possible victory in defense. The sword is more important than the shield, and skill is more important than either. The final weapon is the brain. All else is supplemental." - Clint Smith

“Can you imagine what I would do, if I could do all I can?” - Sun Tzu

"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government." - Thomas Jefferson

 

[cotton]

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrals of the last priest. Denis Diderot..

 

[ACP230]

"Never part with your weapons when you are in the field. You never know when, on some lengthy plain, you may suddenly need your spear."
The Havamal.

Used to be my sig line here.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

I always liked how Clark Gable said it, even though Margaret Mitchell penned it:



I always dreamed of growing up and being like Clark Gable.

Anyone who like Roper stocks can't be all bad.