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Industry, thrift and self-control are not sought because they crea

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

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Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws. – 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 people with talent. Genius will not unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not the world is full of educated failures. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. – Calvin Coolidge

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He who does not economize will have to agonize. – Confucius

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Frugality may be termed the daughter of Prudence, the sister of Temperance, and the parent of Liberty. – Samuel Johnson

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I believe that thrift is essential to well-ordered living. – John D. Rockefeller

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Be thrifty, but not covetous. – George Herbert

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