The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge QUOTES

2 " Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity. "

― Calvin Coolidge , The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

4 " There is only one form of political strategy in which I have any confidence, and that is to try to do the right thing and sometimes be able to succeed. "

― Calvin Coolidge , The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

6 " She was practically an invalid ever after I could remember her, but used what strength she had in lavish care upon me and my sister, who was three years younger. There was a touch of mysticism and poetry in her nature which made her love to gaze at the purple sunsets and watch the evening stars. Whatever was grand and beautiful in form and color attracted her. It seemed as though the rich green tints of the foliage and the blossoms of the flowers came for her in the springtime, and in the autumn it was for her that the mountain sides were struck with crimson and with gold. "

― Calvin Coolidge , The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

8 " The words of the President have an enormous weight and ought not to be used indiscriminately. It would be exceedingly easy to set the country all by the ears and foment hatreds and jealousies, which, by destroying faith and confidence, would help nobody and harm everybody. The end would be the destruction of all progress. "

― Calvin Coolidge , The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

10 " It has been my observation in life that, if one will only exercise the patience to wait, his wants are likely to be filled. "

― Calvin Coolidge , The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

12 " Wealth comes from industry and from the hard experience of human toil. To dissipate it in waste and extravagance is disloyalty to humanity. This is by no means a doctrine of parsimony. Both men and nations should live in accordance with their means and devote their substance not only to productive industry, but to the creation of the various forms of beauty and the pursuit of culture which give adornments to the art of life. "

― Calvin Coolidge , The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

14 " The college of that day had a very laudable desire to get students, and having admitted them, it was equally alert in striving to keep them and help them get an education, with the result that very few left of their own volition and almost none were dropped for failure in their work. There was no marked exodus at the first examination period, which was due not only to the attitude of the college but to the attitude of the students, who did not go there because they wished to experiment for a few months with college life and be able to say thereafter they had been in college, but went because they felt they had need of an education, and expected to work hard for that purpose until the course was finished. There were few triflers. "

― Calvin Coolidge , The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

16 " But this does not detract from the wisdom of his faith in the people and his constant insistence that they be left to manage their own affairs. His opposition to bureaucracy will bear careful analysis, and the country could stand a great deal more of its application. The trouble with us is that we talk about Jefferson but do not follow him. In his theory that the people should manage their government, and not be managed by it, he was everlastingly right. "

― Calvin Coolidge , The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

18 " Ever since I was in Amherst College I have remembered how Garman told his class in philosophy that if they would go along with events and have the courage and industry to hold to the main stream, without being washed ashore by the immaterial cross currents, they would someday be men of power. He meant that we should try to guide ourselves by general principles and not get lost in particulars. That may sound like mysticism, but it is only the mysticism that envelopes every great truth. One of the greatest mysteries in the world is the success that lies in conscientious work. "

― Calvin Coolidge , The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge

20 " While we should not refuse to spend and be spent in the service of our country, it is hazardous to attempt what we feel is beyond our strength to accomplish. "

― Calvin Coolidge , The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge