Quotes

“Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business.” Calvin Coolidge

“It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.” Calvin Coolidge

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

“Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.” Calvin Coolidge

“We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.” Calvin Coolidge

“I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.” Calvin Coolidge

“You can't know too much, but you can say too much.” Calvin Coolidge

“When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.” Calvin Coolidge

“Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.” Calvin Coolidge

“Duty is not collective; it is personal.” Calvin Coolidge

“I sometimes wish that people would put a little more emphasis upon the observance of the law than they do upon its enforcement.” Calvin Coolidge

“Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to be in the White House.” Calvin Coolidge

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

“They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United States would do the few simple things they know they ought to do, most of our big problems would take care of themselves.” Calvin Coolidge

“Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.” Calvin Coolidge

“Advertising is the life of trade.” Calvin Coolidge

“Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.” Calvin Coolidge

“I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say when I am trying to accomplish something of consequence. Invariably they proclaim it can't be done. I deem that the very best time to make the effort.” Calvin Coolidge

“The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.” Calvin Coolidge

“Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.” Calvin Coolidge

“Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.” Calvin Coolidge

“Civilization and profit go hand in hand.” Calvin Coolidge

“Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.” Calvin Coolidge

“The business of America is business.” Calvin Coolidge

“We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again.” Calvin Coolidge

“The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there worships there, and to each is due, not scorn and blame, but reverence and praise.” Calvin Coolidge

“Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.” Calvin Coolidge

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

“No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.” Calvin Coolidge

“No man ever listened himself out of a job.” Calvin Coolidge