Robert E. Lee Quotes

There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done — the honor of the integrity of principle.

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them the desire to do right is precisely the same.

All motion is relative. Perhaps it is you who have moved away-by standing still

My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.

Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state

We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to pray earnestly for the power of the Holy Spirit to give us a precious revival in our hearts and among the unconverted.

Shake off those gloomy feelings. Drive them away. Fix your mind and pleasures upon what is before you.All is bright if you will think it so. All is happy if you will make it so. Do not dream. It is too ideal, too imaginary. Dreaming by day, I mean. Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn them to your advantage.

I can not trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys or soldiers.

It is well that war is so terrible, or we would grow too fond of it.

I am A man, not a sponge! If god wished a sponge to think, A SPONGE WOULD THINK!

The education of a man ( or woman ) is never completed until he dies.

It is good that war is so terrible, or we should become too fond of it.

It is good that war is terrible. Or else we would become too fond of it.