Quotes

“Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men; and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.” Charles Caleb Colton

“The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.” Charles Caleb Colton

“The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.” Charles Caleb Colton

“There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and moral courage, which despises all opinion, will make a man brave in another.” Charles Caleb Colton

“He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.” Charles Caleb Colton

“Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.” Charles Caleb Colton

“The consequences of things are not always proportionate to the apparent magnitude of those events that have produced them. Thus the American Revolution, from which little was expected, produced much; but the French Revolution, from which much was expected, produced little.” Charles Caleb Colton

“The drafts which true genius draws upon posterity, although they may not always be honored so soon as they are due, are sure to be paid with compound interest in the end.” Charles Caleb Colton

“To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author.” Charles Caleb Colton

“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.” Calvin Coolidge

“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.” Calvin Coolidge

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

“There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.” Calvin Coolidge

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

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

“Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.” Calvin Coolidge

“Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.” Calvin Coolidge

“There is no force so democratic as the force of an ideal.” Calvin Coolidge

“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.” Calvin Coolidge

“The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.” Calvin Coolidge

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

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

“It takes a great man to be a good listener.” Calvin Coolidge

“If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.” Calvin Coolidge

“We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.” Calvin Coolidge