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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

From Calvin Coolidge

Nothing in this 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 alone are omnipotent.

From Calvin Coolidge

No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.

From Calvin Coolidge

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

From Calvin Coolidge

I have never been hurt by what I have not said.

From Calvin Coolidge

Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong.

From Calvin Coolidge

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

From Calvin Coolidge

When more and more people are thrown out of work, unemployment results.

From Calvin Coolidge

Christmas is not a time nor a season, but a state of mind. To cherish peace and goodwill, to be plenteous in mercy, is to have the real spirit of Christmas.

From Calvin Coolidge

Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery.

From Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

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