If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

Topics: Failure Quotes

One with the law is a majority.

One with the law is a majority.

Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of...

Our real problem is not our strength today; it is rather the vital necessity of...

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts....

Education will not (take the place of persistence); the world is full of educated derelicts....

I suppose I am the most powerful man in the world, but great power doesn't...

I suppose I am the most powerful man in the world, but great power doesn't...

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous.

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish...

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish...

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...

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and...

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and...

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

After all, the chief business of the American people is business

After all, the chief business of the American people is business

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is...

Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is...

Business will be either better or worse

Business will be either better or worse

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not...

We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not...

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....

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...

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.