Calvin Coolidge

Quotes

Advertising is the most potent influence in adapting and changing the habits and modes of life affecting what we eat, what we wear, and the work and play of a whole nation.
Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.
Nothing in the world will take away persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than an unsuccessful man with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
The things I never say never get me into trouble.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor is the reward for what he gave.
I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.
Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan "press on" has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.
More people out of work leads to higher unemployment.`
There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time.
The chief business of the American people is business.
Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.
The business of America is business.
Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done.
Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.
If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.
I have never been hurt by what I have not said.
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.
Advertising is the life of trade.
If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
It takes a great man to be a good listener.
Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.
No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.
No man ever listened himself out of a job.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.
I think the American public wants a solemn ass as a President, and I think I'll go along with them.