Quote by Calvin Coolidge
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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Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business. – Calvin Coolidge

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The government of the United States is a device for maintaining in perpetuity the rights of the people, with the ultimate extinction of all privileged classes. – Calvin Coolidge

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By sowing frugality we reap liberty, a golden harvest. – Agesilaus

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Whatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous. – Lord Rosebery

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Thrift is not an affair of the pocket, but an affair of character. – S.W. Straus

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Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. – Benjamin Franklin

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If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it. – Dalai Lama

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If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place. – Orison Swett Marden

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The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning. – Winston Churchill

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People who do not understand themselves have a craving for understanding. – Wilhelm Stekel

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