Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
CALVIN COOLIDGESurprisingly 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.
More Calvin Coolidge Quotes
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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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Life is one darn thing after another.
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It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.
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If American democracy is to remain the greatest hope of humanity, it must continue abundantly in the faith of the Bible.
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America has but one main problem — the character of the men and women it shall produce.
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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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The foundations of our society and our government rest so much on the teachings of the Bible that it would be difficult to support them if faith in these teachings would cease to be practically universal in our country.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.
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If the people fail to vote, a government will be developed which is not their government. The whole system of American Government rests on the ballot box. Unless citizens perform their duties there, such a system of government is doomed to failure.
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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.
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