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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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...

Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow

Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow

One with the law is a majority.

One with the law is a majority.

They criticize me for harping on the obvious - If all the folks in the...

They criticize me for harping on the obvious - If all the folks in the...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow

Economy is the method by which we prepare today to afford the improvements of tomorrow

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

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

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say...

I have found it advisable not to give too much heed to what people say...

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

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

We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care...

We pay too little attention to the reserve power of the people to take care...

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for...

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for...

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 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...

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...

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

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

Business will be either better or worse

Business will be either better or worse

In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time

In business, three things are necessary: knowledge, temper, and time