Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.
Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right.
Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.
What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.
My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.
Act with a determination not to be turned aside by thoughts of the past and fears of the future.
In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.
Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state
It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.
Respect is based on Friendship,and friendship is based on love and love is so accidental isn't it ?
We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.
The time is not come for impartial history. If the truth were told just now, it would not be credited.
Do your duty in all things, like the old Puritan. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.
We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington.
There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.
No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.
There is nothing left for me to do but to go and see General Grant and I would rather die a thousand deaths.
A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible.
Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.
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.
For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.
What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.
I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.
Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one; the man who requires you to do so is dearly purchased at a sacrifice.
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.
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.
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.
There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.
There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.
I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.
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.
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.
Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.
To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.
I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity.
There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.
The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.
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.
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.
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.
Traveler is my only companion; I may also say my pleasure. He and I, whenever practicable, wander out in the mountains and enjoy sweet confidence.
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.
I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.
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.
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.
All I ever wanted was a Virginia farm, no end of cream and fresh butter and fried chicken - not one fried chicken, or two, but unlimited fried chicken.
Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.
Death, in its silent sure march is fast gathering those whom I have longest loved, so that when he shall knock at my door, I will more willingly follow.
I consider the proper education of our youths one of the most important objects now to be attained and one from which the greatest benefits may be expected.
Let danger never turn you aside from the pursuit of honor or the service to your country ... Know that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue is immortal