Theodore Roosevelt actually said...

Envy is merely the meanest form of admiration, and a man who envies another admits thereby his own inferiority.

Address at the University of California in Berkeley

05/13/1903

More Theodore Roosevelt Quotes

The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary.

France is one of these nations. For her to sink would be a loss to all the world.

If you will steal for me you will steal from me.

The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.