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

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to...

Any man who does not like dogs and want them about does not deserve to...

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great...

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great...

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action...

In the discharge of the duties of this office, there is one rule of action...

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...

Business will be either better or worse

Business will be either better or worse

Not all those who are attempting to conduct successful businesses are profiteers

Not all those who are attempting to conduct successful businesses are profiteers

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...

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

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

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine...

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine...

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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...

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

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

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

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there...

The man who builds a factory builds a temple, that the man who works there...

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

You can't know too much, but you can say too much.

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...

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...

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...

One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain...

One who sets the entire army in motion to chase an advantage will not attain...

They are playing politics with this issue, and sending mixed signals to our troops and...

They are playing politics with this issue, and sending mixed signals to our troops and...