Calvin Coolidge Quotes

What I'm guilty of is trying the hardest and giving 100 percent of myself and putting my heart and soul into representing the people of Staten Island and Brooklyn.

It does take courage to be in public life.

Public Service was never meant to be an easy living.

Public life is regarded as the crown of a career, and to young men it is the worthiest ambition. Politics is still the greatest and the most honorable adventure.

It's my only religion to work hard, and then I'm not under any pressure because I know I've done the work on the character.

I've been part of a team and leader of the team. But wherever I've been, I've worked as if that was the only opportunity I had. I've never looked beyond that.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.

Power means happiness; power means hard work and sacrifice.

I think I've paid my dues. I've really put in a lot of time on set.

Public officers are the trustees of the people.

If they think its such a sacrifice to go into public service, then they should stay the heck out.

I am not a perfect servant. I am a public servant doing my best against the odds.

Well gentlemen, today we are going to earn our pay.

I'm sort of a workaholic.

Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women

You've just got to have to put the work in. Put work first. Put the hours in and the time in, and do your job. And when you get a little time off, you can go out and have a little fun. But you have to make sure you get done what you need to get done first off.

In politics, the leaders are supposed to work and work.

I work really hard. Walk-throughs, I take everything seriously.

Running to do a job as important as the governor's shouldn't be easy; it should take a lot of work, and I'm out there giving my best every day.

You've got to put the work in every week. You can't take anything for granted.

I have always been someone who wants to get it right. That started when I ran for school board. It's an avocation that's become a full-time job.

I believe that one of the things I've tried to do is work hard and take the business very seriously.

It has been an incredible honour and privilege to serve Ontarians as their premier.

Being prime minister is not a job to be performed with an eye for the exit.

I think there's nothing that's not important. Everything you do - from how you connect with the guys in the locker room, to how you learn, to how you play on the field - everything's important; everything goes with the position.