Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and compelled to sink or swim.

Quote by James A Garfield

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A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.

Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter.

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really...

The President is the last person in the world to know what the people really...

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I...

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I...

If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small...

If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small...

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

Nobody but radicals have ever accomplished anything in a great crisis.

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible...

If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible...

Right reason is stronger than force.

Right reason is stronger than force.

Ideas control the world.

Ideas control the world.

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry...

Whoever controls the volume of money in any country is absolute master of all industry...

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face...

A brave man is a man who dares to look the Devil in the face...

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the...

The sin of slavery is one of which it may be said that without the...

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea...

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea...

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen...

Poverty is uncomfortable; but nine times out of ten the best thing that can happen...

Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and...

Territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and...

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the...

The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the...

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the...

If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the...

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea...

Ideas are the great warriors of the world, and a war that has no idea...