"Don’t expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong." ― Calvin Coolidge Topic(s): Strength More From Calvin Coolidge "If I had permitted my failures, or what seemed to me at the time a lack of success, to discourage me I cannot see any way in which I would ever have made progress." "After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world." "It takes a great man to be a good listener." More In Strength "Darts players are probably a lot fitter than most footballers in overall body strength."― Sid Waddell "A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be."― Mark Strand "What is called a sincere work is one that is endowed with enough strength to give reality to an illusion."― Max Jacob