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

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

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, Knowledge, Time

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, Person, Reward, He, Been, Honored

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

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, Weak, Build, Up

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, Than, Robbery

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

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, Never, Said, Been

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, Unemployment, Results, Out

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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race. Calvin Coolidge

Live, Political, Constitution, Race

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

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

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

Independence, Important, Dignity, Living

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, You, Down, Run, Reach, See

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, Itself, Which

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves. Calvin Coolidge

Simple, Me, Problems, Take Care, Care

Advertising is the life of trade. Calvin Coolidge

Life, Advertising, Trade

The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. Calvin Coolidge

Problems, Race, Always, Will, Human

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. Calvin Coolidge

Power, Spiritual, Need, Intellectual

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

People, Become, Tend, Bewildered

Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising. Calvin Coolidge

Advertising, Development, Through, Mass

Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business. Calvin Coolidge

Business, My Own, Important, Own, Most

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

Work, Men, Unemployment, Find, Numbers

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House. Calvin Coolidge

Man, White, House, Deserve, Want, Like

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. Calvin Coolidge

Alone, Great, Service, Need, Some, Exist

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing. Calvin Coolidge

Personal, Property, Rights, Same, Thing

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