Home » Quote » Theodore Roosevelt » „Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.“ „Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.“ — Theodore Roosevelt Related quotes „A good many of you are probably acquainted with the old proverb: "Speak softly and carry a big stick—you will go far." If a man continually blusters, if he lacks civility, a big stick will not save him from trouble; and neither will speaking softly avail, if back of the softness there does not lie strength, power.“ — Theodore Roosevelt „The only safe rule is to promise little, and faithfully to keep every promise; to "speak softly and carry a big stick."“ — Theodore Roosevelt „Speak softly, but carry a big can of paint.“ — Banksy „Speak softly and employ a huge man with a crowbar.“ — Terry Pratchett „My tavern was the Big Bear.My stars in the sky rustled softly.“ — Arthur Rimbaud „the voice of beauty speaks softly; it creeps only into the most fully awakened souls“ — Friedrich Nietzsche „You could date a stick of dynamite and wouldn't go out with a bang.“ — Eminem „Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.“ — Swami Vivekananda