Quotes by Calvin Coolidge

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Not talent, genius, or education.  Persistence and determination alone are 
omnipotent. The slogan, 'Press on,' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

Liberty is not collective, it is personal. All liberty is individual liberty.

We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.

The most common commodity in this country is unrealized potential.

Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.

We do not need more national development, we need more spiritual development. We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more law, we need more religion. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen.

Nothing I never said ever did me any harm.

I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshiped.

One day the President and Mrs. Coolidge were visiting a government farm. Soon after their arrival they were taken off on separate tours. When Mrs. Coolidge passed the chicken pens she paused to ask the man in charge if the rooster copulates more than once each day. "Dozens of times, was the reply." "Please tell that to the President," Mrs. Coolidge requested. When the President passed the pens and was told about the roosters, he asked "Same hen every time?" "Oh no, Mr. President, a different one each time." The President nodded slowly, then said, "Tell that to Mrs. Coolidge."