5 James A. Garfield Quotes on Character

James A. Garfield quotes on character

8. The return to solid values is always hard... Distress, panic, and hard times have marked our pathway in returning to solid values.

9. I am a poor hater.

26. He has shown himself able to meet with calmness the great emergencies of the government. For twenty-five years he has trodden the perilous heights of public duty, and against all the shafts of malice has borne his breast unharmed. He has stood in the blaze of 'that fierce light that beats against the throne'; but its fiercest ray has found no flaw in his armor, no stain upon his shield. I do not present him as a better Republican or a better man than thousands of others that we honor; but I present him for your deliberate and favorable consideration. I nominate John Sherman, of Ohio.

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

49. 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.