Quotes by Garfield, James A.




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"If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old."

Garfield, James A. on age and aging    Share


"Most human organizations that fall short of their goals do so not because of stupidity or faulty doctrines, but because of internal decay and rigidification. They grow stiff in the joints. They get in a rut. They go to seed."

Garfield, James A. on defeat    Share

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

Garfield, James A. on effort    Share

"Ideas control the world."

Garfield, James A. on ideas    Share

"A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck."

Garfield, James A. on luck    Share

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

Garfield, James A. on men    Share

"Poverty is uncomfortable; but 9 times out of 10 the best thing that can happen to a young man is to be tossed overboard and be compelled to sink or swim."

Garfield, James A. on poverty and the poor    Share

"I have had many troubles, but the worst of them never came."

Garfield, James A. on trouble    Share

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

Garfield, James A. on work    Share

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