Calvin Coolidge Quotes & Sayings

“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.”

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.”

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

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

“I have never been hurt by what I have not said.”

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

“The business of America is business.”

“When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.”

“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.”

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