Quotes from Calvin Coolidge

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.

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.

Life is so much when we focus on what truly matters.

Never go out to meet trouble. If you will just sit still, nine cases out of ten someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

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

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

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. The slogan 'Press On!' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

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 independence quite so important, as living within your means.

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

If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion.