“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 failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”
Alone
“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”
WorkAll Quotes by Calvin Coolidge
“Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.”
Trust“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.”
Legal“I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.”
History“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.”
Best“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.”
Success“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.”
Alone“Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.”
Business“When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.”
Work“Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”
Strength“It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.”
Men“I have never been hurt by what I have not said.”
Funny“We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.”
Men“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.”
Great“It takes a great man to be a good listener.”
Good“The business of America is business.”
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.”
Peace“No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.”
Peace“When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.”
Great“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.”
Experience