It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, as quoted in Wendy Toliver's Little Giant Encyclopedia of Inspirational Quotes
Freedom from effort in the present merely means that there has been effort stored up in the past.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, "The Strenuous Life," The Works of Theodore Roosevelt
I am delighted to have you play football. I believe in rough, manly sports. But I do not believe in them if they degenerate into the sole end of any one's existence. I don't want you to sacrifice standing well in your studies to any over-athleticism; and I need not tell you that character counts for a great deal more than either intellect or body in winning success in life. Athletic proficiency is a mighty good servant, and like so many other good servants, a mighty bad master.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children
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