Quotes from Calvin Coolidge

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men of 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.

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

It takes a great man to be a good listener.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

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.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.

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

What men owe to the love and help of good women can never be told.

It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. . . . We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love.

What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.

Man everywhere has an unconquerable desire to be the master of his own destiny.

Men do not make laws. They do but discover them.

Our doctrine of equality and liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of man, through the fatherhood of God.

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

The man who builds a factory, builds a temple.

It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion

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.

America has but one main problem -- the character of the men and women it shall produce.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

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.

I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves

Any reward that is worth having only comes to the industrious. The success which is made in any walk of life is measured almost exactly by the amount of hard work that is put into it.

The final solution for unemployment is work.

I want the people to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry.