"I believe in the Square Deal. I believe in fair play. I believe in a square deal for every man, big or small, rich or poor, white or black."

"I have a perfect horror of the man who is always saying, 'I wish I had done so and so.'"

"I have a perfect horror of the man who is afraid to do anything."

"I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to…"

"When you are in a fight, fight as if you are the only one who can win."