James A. Garfield Quotes

We're living in hard times.

My life was pretty rough.

We live in ugly times.

I've had, what, two years? Probably five good years. Before that I had twenty years of uncertainty and suffering and ego destruction and poverty. All those things. That'll always outweigh the good times.

My family endured a big crisis after my father's business went bankrupt and we went from having a comfortable life to having virtually nothing. I saw from that moment how fragile and precarious life can be and you have to work very hard not just to survive but also to accomplish something in life and fulfill your dreams.

ʺThings are going to get worse before they get better, arenʹt they?ʺ

When things get bad enough, your only resort is to lie in bed and start praying.

Needy knife-grinder! whither are ye going? Rough is the road, your wheel is out of order; Bleak blows the blast-your hat has got a hole in it. So have your breeches.

Hard times may test me, they cannot destroy me.

Hard times always uncover the basic goodness and evil of the day.

We all have to go through hard times. Tragedies. Those are given to us to see what we're going to do with them.

Extremity is the trier of spirits.

Life is full of hardships, pimp slaps, and sorrow.

How soon would faith freeze without a cross!

Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.

A man I am cross'd with adversity.

It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons.

Adversity reminds men of religion.

No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.

People don't usually come see me because things are going well.

You never know how you'll turn out till you've been down to half a dollar and no prospects.

Misfortune is never invited. And it comes and sits at the table without permission and it eats, leaving nothing but bones.

Easy times are the enemy, they put us to sleep. Adversity is our friend, it wakes us up

Upon my weary heart was showered smiles, plaudits and flowers, but beyond them I saw troubles and thorns innumerable.

It is easy to be liked when the world has no jagged edges, when life is electric blankets and peach ice cream. But to be beloved, a man needs a dragon.