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

Calvin Coolidge

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" 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. "

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

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" We do not need more intellectual power, we need more spiritual power. We do not need more of the things that are seen, we need more of the things that are unseen. "

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" The right thing to do never requires any subterfuge, it is always simple and direct. "

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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. "

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" When people are bewildered they tend to become credulous. "

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" Collecting more taxes than is absolutely necessary is legalized robbery. "

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" 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. "

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" Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you. "

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" To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race. "

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" Advertising ministers to the spiritual side of trade. It is great power that has been entrusted to your keeping which charges you with the high responsibility of inspiring and ennobling the commercial world. It is all part of the greater work of the regeneration and redemption of mankind. "

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" Duty is not collective; it is personal. "

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

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" We draw our Presidents from the people. It is a wholesome thing for them to return to the people. I came from them. I wish to be one of them again. "

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