Classic Quotes by James A. Garfield (1831-1881) 20th US President
"A pound of pluck is worth a ton of luck."
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"All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people."
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"I am trying to do two things: dare to be a radical and not a fool, which is a matter of no small difficulty."
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"I have had many troubles, but the worst of them never came."
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"I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else."
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"Ideas control the world."
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"If the power to do hard work is not a skill, it's the best possible substitute for it."
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"If you are not too large for the place you occupy, you are too small for it."
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"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."
