MondayAug 17, 2026
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The business of America is business.
It is hard to see how a great man can be an atheist.... We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love.
Doubters do not achieve; skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create.
Faith is the great motive power, and no man realizes his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important, and that his work, well done, is part of an unending plan.
It is difficult for men in high office to avoid the malady of self-delusion. They are always surrounded by worshipers. They are constantly, and for the most part sincerely, assured of their greatness.
No one ever lost his job by listening too much.
On being asked what had been said by a clergyman who preached on sin: 'He said he was against it.'
No enterprise can exist for itself alone. It ministers to some great need, it performs some great service, not for itself, but for others; or failing therein, it ceases to be profitable and ceases to exist.
The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes.
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
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.'
Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshiped.
I always figured the American public wanted a solemn ass for president, so I went along with them
Nothing I never said ever did me any harm.
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.
Industry, thrift, and self-control are not sought because they create wealth, but because they create character.
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 alone will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'press on' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.
Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
If you don't say anything, you won't be called on to repeat it.
You can't know too much, but you can say too much.
I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.
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