Calvin Coolidge Quotes

The business of America is business.

Calvin Coolidge

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

Calvin Coolidge

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

Calvin Coolidge

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

Calvin Coolidge

Nothing in this 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.

Calvin Coolidge

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Calvin Coolidge

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.

Calvin Coolidge

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.

Calvin Coolidge

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

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It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Calvin Coolidge

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

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All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

Calvin Coolidge

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

Calvin Coolidge

One with the law is a majority.

Calvin Coolidge