Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

"There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering."

"In this life as a rule the job that is easy to do is not very well worth while doing."

"There was no money reward for what you did."

"Face the problem; realize its gravity, and then approach it in a spirit that will keep it ever in mind that if we are to succeed at all, it must be by each doing to the best of his capacity his own bu..."