"I am far from underestimating the importance..." - Quote by Theodore Roosevelt

“If a man has a very decided character, has a strongly accentuated career, it is normally the case of course that he makes ardent friends and bitter enemies.”

“Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.”

“If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble, and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.”

“Life brings sorrows and joys alike. It is what a man does with them - not what they do to him - that is the true test of his mettle.”

“It is true that genius takes its rise out of the mountains of rectitude; that all beauty and power which men covet are somehow born out of that Alpine district; that any extraordinary degree of beauty in man or woman involves a moral charm.”

“The music masters familiarize children's minds with rhythms and melodies, thus making them more civilized, more balanced, better adjusted in themselves, and more capable in whatever they say or do, for rhythm and harmony are essential to the whole of life.”

“If a man hasn't found anything worth dying for, he hasn't anything worth living for.”

“All decision-making is a values-clarifying exercise.”

“Intent and service-that is my motto.”