Zitate von Calvin Coolidge

Nichts auf dieser Welt kann die Beharrlichkeit ersetzen. Talent kann es nicht: nichts sieht man häufiger als erfolglose Menschen mit Talent. Genie kann es nicht: verkanntes Genie ist ein geflügeltes Wort. Bildung kann es nicht: die Welt ist voll von gebildeten Wracks. Beharrlichkeit und Ehrgeiz allein sind allgegenwärtig.

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.

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.

All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

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

Kein Mensch wurde je für das geehrt, was er bekommen hat. Ehre ist die Belohnung für die Dinge, die man gegeben hat.

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

Woman: 'Mr. Coolidge, I've made a bet against a fellow who said it was impossible to get more than two words out of you.'
Calvin Coolidge: 'You lose.'