Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

Topics: Calvin Coolidge Quotes

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.

They hired the money, didn't they?

They hired the money, didn't they?

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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....

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as...

There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no one independence quite so important, as...

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

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

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.

One with the law is a majority.

One with the law is a majority.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

No man ever listened himself out of a job.

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...

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...

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

Go on failing. Go on. Only next time, try to fail better.

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...

He who risks and fails can be forgiven. He who never risks and never fails...