“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.”
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“I have never been hurt by what I have not said.”
FunnyAll Quotes by Calvin Coolidge
“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“After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world.”
Business“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.”
Government“Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.”
Business“Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.”
Patriotism“I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.”
History“When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.”
Work“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“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“All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.”
Work“Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.”
Strength“It takes a great man to be a good listener.”
Good“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.”
Legal“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.”
Nature“When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.”
Work“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.”
Power“Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.”
Great“The business of America is business.”
Business“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.”
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