John Calvin Coolidge quotes and words of wisdom

"The business of America is business."
Found in the topic Business.

"It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist.... We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love."
Found in the topic Atheism.

"You can"t know too much, but you can say too much."
Found in the topic President.

"If you don"t say anything, you won"t be called on to repeat it."
Found in the topic Repeat.

"No one ever lost his job by listening too much."
Found in the topic Listen.

"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."
Found in the topic Classes.

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

"Nothing I never said ever did me any harm."
Found in the topic Discretion.

"We do not need more national development, we need more spiritual development. We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more law, we need more religion. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen."
Found in the topic More.

"Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshiped."
Found in the topic Wealth.

"Industry, thrift, and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character."
Found in the topic Character.

"Nothing in the 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 alone 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."
Found in the topic Success.

"I have never been hurt by anything I didn"t say."
Found in the topic Talk.

Interesting Quotes

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.Stephen Hawking - English cosmologist and physicist (1942 - )

I have noticed that the people who are late are often so much jollier than the people who have to wait for them.E.V. Lucas