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We must ... submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.

Marry ... into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it.

The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education.

We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for them.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.

You must study to be frank with the world: Frankness is the child of honesty and courage.

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

Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.

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

We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor.

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

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

You cannot barter manhood for peace.

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

I should NOT be trading on the blood of my men.

Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!

I believe I may so, looking into my own heart, and speaking as in the presence of God, that I have never know one moment of bitterness or resentment.

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

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.

All military history records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than numbers and resources.

We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington.

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

The war ... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

What a cruel thing war is ... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God.

Do your duty in all things, like the old Puritan. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.

We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot destroy them.

Traveller is my only companion ... He and I ... wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.

The devil's name is dullness.

My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.

What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.

But what a cruel thing is war to separate and destroy families and friends.

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.

I was too weak to defend, so I attacked

Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.

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

For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.

Any victory would be dear at such a price.

In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.

The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.

All this has been my fault.

I am now considered such a monster, that I hesitate to darken with my shadow, the doors of those I love, lest I should bring upon them misfortune.

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even in Virginia.

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances

Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!

We have only one rule here - to act like a gentleman at all times.

You see what a poor sinner I am, and how unworthy to possess what was given me; for that reason it has been taken away.

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

We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.

We must forgive our enemies.

It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.

History teaches us hope.

Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right.

General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.

Respect is based on Friendship,and friendship is based on love and love is so accidental isn't it ?

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.

I will attack no matter what and win the war!

The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

The time is not come for impartial history. If the truth were told just now, it would not be credited.

It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it.

As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.

Teach him to deny himself.

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.

Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.

I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity.

My heart bleeds at the death of every one of our gallant men.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys or soldiers.

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

A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

Every student must be a gentleman.

Lee assess a subordinate commander as all lion; no fox.

Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.

You must be careful how you walk and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set.

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

There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.

He has lost his left arm, but I my right.

They seemed so united that I loved them as one person. Lee wrote of his son and daughter-in-law on his daughter-in-law's death.

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend
or to keep one.

I have been up too congress, and they do not seem to do anything except eat peanuts and chew tobacco while my army is starving ...

We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.

We must look to the rising generation for the restoration of the country.

There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.

No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.