Quotes from Calvin Coolidge
It is characteristic of the unlearned that they are forever proposing something which is old, and because it has recently come to their own attention, supposing it to be new.
- Calvin Coolidge
In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
- Calvin Coolidge
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
- 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
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
- Calvin Coolidge
Civilization and profit go hand in hand.
- Calvin Coolidge
The strength of a country is the strength of its religious convictions.
- Calvin Coolidge
You can't increase prosperity by taxing success.
- Calvin Coolidge
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
- Calvin Coolidge
You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that the things I did not say never hurt me.
- Calvin Coolidge
The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
- Calvin Coolidge
It seems to me probable that of all our economic life the element on which we are inclined to place too low an estimate is advertising.
- Calvin Coolidge