What does it mean?
Confidence is a big part of success. If you believe you can do something, you have already done half the work.
Key vocabulary
- halfway there
- half of the way to your goal
Who said it?
Theodore Roosevelt: 26th President of the United States (1858–1919).
These exact words are widely credited to Theodore Roosevelt, but they don’t appear in their known work. They may be a later paraphrase or a misattribution.
More quotes by Theodore Roosevelt
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- “Nothing in this world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort, pain, difficulty.”– Theodore Roosevelt
- “The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood.”– Theodore Roosevelt
- “Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”– Theodore Roosevelt