A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

Quote by James A Garfield

Topics: Courage Quotes, Luck Quotes

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall...

I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall...

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...

The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student...

The ideal college is Mark Hopkins on one end of a log and a student...

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...

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...

I am a poor hater.

I am a poor hater.

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...

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion

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...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

The civil service can never be placed on a satisfactory basis until it is regulated...

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

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

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...

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

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...

I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said,...

I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said,...

If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life, your reward...

If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life, your reward...

Military pay has been allowed to lag behind to the point where career enlisted men...

Military pay has been allowed to lag behind to the point where career enlisted men...