This week's Calvin Coolidge Quote of the Week is from a Presidential address he delivered at the White House on July 25, 1924 that was transmitted to a Boy Scout delegation about to sail to Denmark for an international meeting. The striking note about this quote is that he delivered it at a difficult time of his life: two weeks after the death of his son, Calvin Jr.
"Without the sustaining influence of faith in a divine power we could have little faith in ourselves. We need to feel that behind us is intelligence and love. Doubters do not achieve, skeptics do not contribute; cynics do not create. Faith is the great motive power, and no man reaches his full possibilities unless he has the deep conviction that life is eternally important, and that his work, well done, is part of an unending plan."
It just reminds me that "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." (Philippians 4:13). Don't you feel the same way?
I love that verse. :-)
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DeleteHe got blood poisoning from a blister he got playing tennis without socks from what I have read. Some of said the poisoning had to do with dye in his black socks through a cut in the blister, but I just hear that is a false rumor
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