In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
CALVIN COOLIDGEFour-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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School is not the end but only the beginning of an education.
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The collection of taxes which are not absolutely required, which do not beyond reasonable doubt contribute to public welfare, is only a species of legalized larceny. Under this Republic the rewards of industry belong to those who earn them.
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We demand entire freedom of action and then expect the government in some miraculous way to save us from the consequences of our own acts. Self-government means self-reliance.
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Nothing is easier than spending public money. It does not appear to belong to anybody. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.
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American ideals do not require to be changed so much as they require to be understood and applied.
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You don’t have to explain something you never said.
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There is no justification for public interference with purely private concerns.
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When a man begins to feel that he is the only one who can lead in this republic, he is guilty of treason to the spirit of our institutions.
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Teaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.
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You can display no greater wisdom than by resisting proposals for needless legislation. It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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I want the people of America to be able to work less for the government, and more for themselves
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The welfare of the weakest and the welfare of the most powerful are inseparably bound together. The general welfare cannot be provided for in any one act, but it is well to remember that the benefit of one is the benefit of all, and the neglect of one is the neglect of all.
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Freedom is not only bought with a great price; it is maintained by unremitting effort.
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Surprisingly few men are lacking in capacity, but they fail because. they are too indolent to apply themselves with the seriousness and the attention that is necessary to solve important problems.
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You can’t increase prosperity by taxing success.
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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
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I want taxes to be less, that the people may have more.
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Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
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A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
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Anytime you don’t want anything you get it.
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The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
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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.
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Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
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The property of the people belongs to the people. To take it from them by taxation cannot be justified except by urgent public necessity. Unless this principle be recognized our country is no longer secure, our people no longer free.
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