Quotes from Calvin Coolidge

There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime.

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

The presidency does not yield to definition. Like the glory of a morning sunrise, it can be experienced - it can not be told.

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.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.

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

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.

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.

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

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