Quotes from Calvin Coolidge

Wherever we look, the work of the chemist has raised the level of our civilization and has increased the productive capacity of the nation.

Industry cannot flourish if labor languish.

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

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.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

As I went about with my father, when he collected taxes, I knew that when taxes were laid someone had to work hard to earn the money to pay them.

Advertising is the most potent influence in adapting and changing the habits and modes of life affecting what we eat, what we wear, and the work and play of a whole nation.

Work is not a curse; it is the prerogative of intelligence, the only means to manhood, and the measure of civilization.

Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.

The business of America is business.

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.

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

We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care of themselves. We are too solicitous for government intervention, on the theory, first, that the people themselves are helpless, and second, that the government has superior capacity for action. Often times both of these conclusions are wrong.

There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed.

Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.

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

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.

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

Education should be the handmaid of citizenship.

The danger to America is not in the direction of the failure to maintain its economic position, but in the direction of the failure to maintain its ideals.

The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom.

We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts.... Self-government means self-reliance.

Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.

There is no substitute for a militant freedom.