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

Topics: Poverty Quotes

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

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

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

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

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

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

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...

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...

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a...

I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a...

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...

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

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

Right reason is stronger than force.

Right reason is stronger than force.

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...

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable.

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 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...

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

Justice and goodwill will outlast passion.

You can't be neutral on a moving train.

You can't be neutral on a moving train.

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

They have been grand-jurymen since before Noah was a sailor

The severest justice may not always be the best policy

The severest justice may not always be the best policy