Of course ‘nature’-in common parlance a wholly inaccurate term, by the way, especially when used as if to express a single entity-is entirely ruthless, no less so as regards types than as regards individuals, and entirely indifferent to good or evil, and works out her ends or no ends with utter disregard of pain and woe.” – Theodore Roosevelt, Through the Brazilian Wildernessĩ. “The very pathetic myth of ‘beneficent nature’ could not deceive even the least wise being if he once saw for himself the iron cruelty of life in the tropics. Our tireless little horses sprang under us, thrilling with life we were riding through a fairy world of beauty and color and limitless space and freedom.” – Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness HunterĨ. “Ahead of us the sun was sinking behind a mass of blood-red clouds and on either hand the flushed skies were changing their tint to a hundred hues of opal and amethyst.

For him is the joy of the horse well ridden and the rifle well held for him the long days of toil and hardship, resolutely endured, and crowned at the end with triumph.” – Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness Hunterħ. “No one, but he who has partaken thereof, can understand the keen delight of hunting in lonely lands. “From its very nature, the life of the hunter is in most places evanescent and when it has vanished there can be no real substitute in old settled countries.” – Theodore Roosevelt, The Wilderness HunterĦ. “Some of these men are brave only because of their confidence in their own skill and strength once convince them that they are overmatched and they turn into abject cowards.” – Theodore Roosevelt, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trailĥ. “Learn to draw quick and shoot straight-the former being even more important than the latter.” – Theodore Roosevelt, Ranch Life and the Hunting TrailĤ. “My time was still much occupied with looking after the health of my brigade, but the fact that we were going home, where I knew that their health would improve, lightened my mind, and I was able thoroughly to enjoy the beauty of the country, and even of the storms, which hitherto I had regarded purely as enemies.” – Theodore Roosevelt, The Rough Ridersģ. “The forest and water problems are perhaps the most vital internal problems of the United States.” – Theodore Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt: An AutobiographyĢ. His respect for all living things, as well as his high regard for outdoor sportsmen, is evident throughout his writing.ġ. He was an ardent lover of nature and had a passion for hunting. Quotes about the OutdoorsĪside from being President, Roosevelt was best known as an outdoorsman. It is perhaps this particular mélange that made him appeal to the American people who would eventually elect him.

He became an archetype of the ultra-masculine frontiersman, while still maintaining his image as an intellectual and a scholar. Before taking office as the 26th President of the United States of America, Theodore Roosevelt had already made a name for himself as a historian and an adventurer.

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