Calvin Coolidge Quotes

American - President July 4, 1872 - January 5, 1933

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

Education, Failure, Alone, Determination

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. Calvin Coolidge

Christmas, Time, Peace, Mind, Mercy

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

Work, Hard Work, Wisdom, Time, Knowledge

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

Work, Growth, Effort, Development, Means

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. - Calvin Coolidge

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. Calvin Coolidge

Honor, Reward, Person, Honored, He, Been

It takes a great man to be a good listener. - Calvin Coolidge

It takes a great man to be a good listener. Calvin Coolidge

Good, Man, Great, Great Man, Listener

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. - Calvin Coolidge

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. Calvin Coolidge

Legal, More, Taxes, Collecting, Robbery

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

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

Strength, Strong, Down, Build, Weak, Up

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

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

Work, People, Results, Unemployment, Out

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

Independence, Living, Dignity, Important

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Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind. Calvin Coolidge

Work, Power, Great, Spiritual, World

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

Patriotism, Yourself, Looking, America

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

Communication, Me, Said, Never, Nothing

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion. - Calvin Coolidge

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion. Calvin Coolidge

Man, Heroism, Only, Occasion

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. - Calvin Coolidge

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. Calvin Coolidge

Nation, Will, Forgotten, Which, Itself

I have never been hurt by what I have not said. - Calvin Coolidge

I have never been hurt by what I have not said. Calvin Coolidge

Funny, Hurt, Said, Never, Been

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you. Calvin Coolidge

Road, Down, You, Run, Reach, See

Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. Calvin Coolidge

Character, Wealth, Create, Thrift

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. - Calvin Coolidge

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. Calvin Coolidge

Everything, Something, Cannot, Once

No man ever listened himself out of a job. Calvin Coolidge

Job, Man, Out, Ever, Himself, Listened

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still. Calvin Coolidge

Down, Disappear, Only, Sit, Our, Would

You can't know too much, but you can say too much. Calvin Coolidge

You, Know, Say, Too Much, Much, Too

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results. Calvin Coolidge

Work, Men, Numbers, Find, Results, Large

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again. Calvin Coolidge

People, Wish, I Wish, Return, Our, Thing

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous. Calvin Coolidge

People, Become, Bewildered, Credulous

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

Religion, Men, Grow, Worship, Only

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