Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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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...

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

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....

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

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

The business of America is business.

The business of America is business.

One with the law is a majority.

One with the law is a majority.

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...

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...

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...

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.

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature...

Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature...

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....

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...

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...

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.

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....

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

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

I, however, place economy among the first and most important republican virtues, and public debt...

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in...

Even the striving for equality by means of a directed economy can result only in...

When a management team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation...

When a management team with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation...