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

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 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...

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

Right reason is stronger than force.

Right reason is stronger than force.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

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...

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...

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...

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

The trouble with the morning is that it always comes at such an ungodly hour

The trouble with the morning is that it always comes at such an ungodly hour

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him...

Consider any individual at any period of his life, and you will always find him...