Some of the offers that have come to me would never have come if I had not been President. That means these people are trying to hire not Calvin Coolidge, but a former President of the United States. I can't make that kind of use of the office.... I can't do anything that might take away from the Presidency any of its dignity, or any of the faith people have in it.
Calvin CoolidgeTeaching is one of the noblest of professions. It requires an adequate preparation and training, patience, devotion, and a deep sense of responsibility. Those who mold the human mind have wrought not for time, but for eternity.
Calvin CoolidgeNever go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.
Calvin CoolidgeI want the people to work less for the government and more for themselves. I want them to have the rewards of their own industry.
Calvin Coolidge