Theodore Roosevelt Perseverance Quotations

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike.

Don't foul, don't flinch-hit the line hard.

Character is far more important than intellect in making a man a good citizen or successful at his calling- meaning by character not only such qualities as honesty and truthfulness, but courage, perseverance and self-reliance.

There are two kinds of success. One is the rare kind that comes to the person who has the power to do what no one else has the power to do. That is genius. But the average person who wins what we call success is not a genius. That person is a man or woman who has merely the ordinary qualities that they share with their fellows, but has developed those ordinary qualities to a more than ordinary degree.

There are some timid souls that will never know victory nor defeat.