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

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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...

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

When a great many people are unable to find work, unemployment results.

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 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...

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

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

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...

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep...

Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep...

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

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

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...

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that...

You know, I have found out in the course of a long public life that...

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned...

After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned...

They hired the money, didn't they?

They hired the money, didn't they?

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

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

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct.

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a...

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

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

Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

Civilization and profit go hand in hand.

Advertising is the life of trade.

Advertising is the life of trade.

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread...

I know of a brewer who sells more of his beer to the people who...

I know of a brewer who sells more of his beer to the people who...