Quotes By Calvin Coolidge

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

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.

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.

One with the law is a majority.

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again.

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

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.

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

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.

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.

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.

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.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

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

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

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

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

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

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.

Advertising is the life of trade.

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

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.

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

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.