Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

Topics: Determination Quotes, Education Quotes, Persistence Quotes

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of...

Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of...

Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking...

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded...

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded...

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights...

The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights...

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish...

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish...

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as...

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as...

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to...

We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to...

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time...

No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking...

Patriotism is easy to understand in America; it means looking out for yourself by looking...

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

Ultimately property rights and personal rights are the same thing.

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United...

They criticize me for harping on the obvious; if all the folks in the United...

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.

When large numbers of men are unable to find work, unemployment results.

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

I have noticed that nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs...

No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the...

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics....

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics....