Teddy Roosevelt: “Thrice fortunate are you to whom it is given to lead lives of resolute…”

On the recordJuly 6, 1905

Thrice fortunate are you to whom it is given to lead lives of resolute endeavor for the achievement of lofty ideals.

Said by

Republican · New York

Source

Remarks Before the National Educational Association in Ocean Grove, New Jersey

More from Teddy Roosevelt

Oct 13, 1912

I don’t know anything about who the man was who shot me to-night.

Nov 4, 1912

I congratulate you thereon.

Oct 13, 1912

I want every labor man, every labor leader, every organized union man, to take the lead in denouncing crime or violence.

Oct 13, 1912

I am all right and you cannot escape listening to the speech either.

Other voices in this conversation

Teddy Roosevelt: “Thrice fortunate are you to whom it is given to lead lives of resolute endeavor for the achievement of lofty ideals.”