Calvin Coolidge was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Profoundly inspirational Calvin Coolidge quotes will get you through anything when the going gets tough and help you succeed in every aspect of life.
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Famous Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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
It takes a great man to be a good listener. Calvin Coolidge
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
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. Calvin Coolidge
The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise. Calvin Coolidge
It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones. Calvin Coolidge
Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. Calvin Coolidge
If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion. Calvin Coolidge
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. Calvin Coolidge
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. Calvin Coolidge
It takes a great man to be a good listener. Calvin Coolidge
I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm. Calvin Coolidge
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means. Calvin Coolidge
To the American People: Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish peace and good will, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas. If we think on these things, there will be born in us a Savior and over us will shine a star sending its gleam of hope to the world. Calvin Coolidge
Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good. Calvin Coolidge
No person was ever honored for what he recieved. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. Calvin Coolidge
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance. Calvin Coolidge
It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist. Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine power we could have little faith in ourselves. We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love. Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important, and that his work, well done, is a part of an unending plan. Calvin Coolidge
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow. Calvin Coolidge
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped. Calvin Coolidge
Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country. Calvin Coolidge
Don’t you know that four fifths of all our troubles in this life would disappear if we would just sit down and keep still? Calvin Coolidge
It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow. Calvin Coolidge
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
When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results. Calvin Coolidge
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
There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal. Calvin Coolidge
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. Calvin Coolidge
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous. Calvin Coolidge
The only way I know to drive out evil from the country is by the constructive method of filling it with good. Calvin Coolidge
In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action more important than all others. It consists in never doing anything that someone else can do for you. Calvin Coolidge
Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity. Calvin Coolidge
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. Calvin Coolidge
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies. Calvin Coolidge
Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. Calvin Coolidge
When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions. Calvin Coolidge
We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. Calvin Coolidge
I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to save people. Calvin Coolidge
No man ever listened himself out of a job. Calvin Coolidge
If you don’t say anything, you won’t be called on to repeat it. Calvin Coolidge
I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm. Calvin Coolidge
The people cannot look to legislation generally for success. Industry, thrift, character, are not conferred by act or resolve. Government cannot relieve from toil. It can provide no substitute for the rewards of service. It can, of course, care for the defective and recognize distinguished merit. The normal must care for themselves. Self government means self support. Calvin Coolidge
The slogan press on has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race. Calvin Coolidge
It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness. They live in an artificial atmosphere of adulation and exaltation which sooner or later impairs their judgment. They are in grave danger of becoming careless and arrogant. Calvin Coolidge
Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion. Calvin Coolidge
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. Calvin Coolidge
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
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. Calvin Coolidge
Four fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still. Calvin Coolidge
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. I am strongly of the opinion that the great majority of people will always find these are the moving impulses of our life. But it is only those who do not understand our people, who believe that our national life is entirely absorbed by material motives. We make no concealment of the fact that we want wealth, but there are many other things that we want much more. We want peace and honor, and that charity which is so strong an element of all civilization. The chief ideal of the American people is idealism. Calvin Coolidge
Industry, thrift and self control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character. Calvin Coolidge
We do not need more intellectual power; we need more moral power. We do not need more knowledge; we need more character. We do not need more government; we need more culture. We do not need more law; we need more religion. We do not need more of the things that are seen; we need more of the things that are unseen. Calvin Coolidge
When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results. Calvin Coolidge
All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work. Calvin Coolidge
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct. Calvin Coolidge
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 amout of hard work that is put into it. Calvin Coolidge
Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing. Calvin Coolidge
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. Calvin Coolidge
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
The business of America is business. Calvin Coolidge
Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you. Calvin Coolidge
It is our theory that the people own the government, not that the government should own the people. Calvin Coolidge
Advertising is the life of trade. Calvin Coolidge
Democracy is not a tearing down; it is a building up. It does not denial of the divine right of kings; it asserts the divine right of all men. Calvin Coolidge
When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results. Calvin Coolidge
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
Civilization and profit go hand in hand. Calvin Coolidge
She was practically an invalid ever after I could remember her, but used what strength she had in lavish care upon me and my sister, who was three years younger. There was a touch of mysticism and poetry in her nature which made her love to gaze at the purple sunsets and watch the evening stars. Whatever was grand and beautiful in form and color attracted her. It seemed as though the rich green tints of the foliage and the blossoms of the flowers came for her in the springtime, and in the autumn it was for her that the mountain sides were struck with crimson and with gold. Calvin Coolidge
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. Calvin Coolidge
When a man begins to feel that he is the only one whou can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions. Calvin Coolidge
