Robert E. Lee Quotes

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

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

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it d...

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

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth ...

Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!

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

We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of pri...

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances

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

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

We have fought this fight as long and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. There is now ...

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

While we see the course of the final abolition of human slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of o...

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

A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is diss...

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys or soldiers.

The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and...

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

Why, sir, in the beginning we appointed all our worst generals to command the armies, and all our be...

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

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live ...

Let the tent be struck.

In this enlightened age, there are few I believe, but what will acknowledge, that slavery as an inst...

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

I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat pean...

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

We have fought this fight as long and as well as we know how. We have been defeated ... there is n...

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

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

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

The devil's name is Dullness.

The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and ...

The devil's name is dullness.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, tha...

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

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not...

We have fought this fight as long and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a C...

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