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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.

- James A. Garfield

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Few men in our history have ever obtained the Presidency by planning to obtain it.

- James A. Garfield
Power Work

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

- James A. Garfield
Man

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

- James A. Garfield

The men who succeed best in public life are those who take the risk of standing by their own convictions.

- James A. Garfield

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

- James A. Garfield

I must do something to keep my thoughts fresh and growing. I dread nothing so much as falling into a rut and feeling myself becoming a fossil.

- James A. Garfield

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