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

Right reason is stronger than force.

Right reason is stronger than force.

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...

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

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

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

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...

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.

He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation.

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor...

Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor...

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...

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...

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck.

Right reason is stronger than force.

Right reason is stronger than force.

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...

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

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...

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...

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

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

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