Because this is my favorite quote EVER.

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far" Theodore Roosevelt

Doesn't that just.rock.?

And because his awesomeness does not end there, here are a few more...

• "It is no use to preach to [children] if you do not act decently yourself."

• "For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly makes all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison."

• "I never keep boys waiting. It's a hard trial for a boy to wait."

• "The one thing I want to leave my children is an honorable name." "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."

• Be practical as well as generous in your ideals. Keep your eyes on the stars, but remember to keep your feet on the ground."

• "I have a perfect horror of words that are not backed up by deeds."

• "The worst of all fears is the fear of living."

• "There is not a man of us who does not at times need a helping hand to be stretched out to him, and then shame upon him who will not stretch out the helping hand to his brother."

• "Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep."

• "Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone down to the brink of the chasm of darkness to bring back the children in whose hands rests the future of the years. "

Pretty smart for someone who's not even a mommy ;)

Get your quote on...