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 COOLIDGEIf you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
-
-
In a republic the first rule for the guidance of the citizen is obedience of the law.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
A display of reason rather than a threat of force should be the determining factor in the intercourse among nations.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
What we need in appointive positions is men of knowledge and experience who have sufficient character to resist temptations.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
The higher state to which [America] seeks the allegiance of all mankind is not of human, but of divine origin. She cherishes no purpose save to merit the favor of Almighty God.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as living within your means.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
One of the first lessons a president has to learn is that every word he says weighs a ton.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
There is new life in the soil for every man. There is healing in the trees for tired minds and for our overburdened spirits, there is strength in the hills, if only we will lift up our eyes. Remember that nature is your great restorer.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
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.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
We cannot permit any inquisition either within or without the law or apply any religious test to the holding of office. The mind of America must be forever free.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
Duty is not collective; it is personal.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
In life there is nothing more common than talent and intelligence. What is missing is passion, persistence, commitment, and dedication.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
This country would not be a land of opportunity, America could not be America, if the people were shackled with government monopolies.
CALVIN COOLIDGE -
The attempt to regulate, control, and prescribe all manner of conduct and social relations is very old. It was always the practice of primitive people.
CALVIN COOLIDGE