We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight.

Quote by Calvin Coolidge

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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...

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.

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

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

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish...

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish...

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.

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....

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the...

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the...

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...

Business will be either better or worse

Business will be either better or worse

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...

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.

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish...

Christmas is not a time or a season but a state of mind. To cherish...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.

Failure is good. It's fertilizer. Everything I've learned about coaching, I've learned from making mistakes.

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet.

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure... it just means you haven't succeeded yet.