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Quote DB :: Authors :: Theodore Roosevelt :: View Quote View Quote "It behooves every man to remember that the work of the critic is of altogether secondary importance, and that, in the end, progress is accomplished by the man who does things." - Copy to Clipboard   --  Theodore Roosevelt Listed in: Miscellaneous Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4.25  Rate Quote 4 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from Theodore Roosevelt "I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do. That is character!" "The fool who has not sense to discriminate between what is good and what is bad is well nigh as dangerous as the man who does discriminate and yet chooses the bad." "If you could kick the person in the pants responsible for most of your trouble, you wouldn't sit for a month." "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." "A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education he may steal the whole railroad." Top 5 quotes from Miscellaneous "Sex and creativity are often seen by dictators as subversive activities." "Everything in the world may be endured except continued prosperity." "Man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only." "Every individual...generally, indeed, neither intends to promote the public interest, nor knows how much he is promoting it. By preferring the support of domestic to that of foreign industry he intends only his own security; and by directing that industry in such a manner as its produce may be of the greatest value, he intends only his own gain, and he is in this, as in many other cases, led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of his intention." "My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint."

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