For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
What a beautiful world God, in His loving kindness to His creatures, has given us! What a shame that men endowed with… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
There is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The trite saying that 'honesty is the best policy' has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The seems… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Private and public life are subject to the same rules-truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
I am of the opinion that all who can should vote for the most intelligent, honest, and conscientious men eligible to office,… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Our country demands all our strength, all our energies. To resist the powerful combination now forming against us will require every man… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
I have always observed that wherever you find the negro, everything is going down around him, and wherever you find the white… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Keep steady in the view of the great principles for which you contend. The safety of your homes and the lives of… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Mr. Blair, I look upon secession as anarchy. If I owned the four millions of slaves in the South, I would sacrifice… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
There is a terrible war coming, and these young men who have never seen war cannot wait for it to happen, but… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
My experiences of men has neither disposed me to think worse of them nor be indisposed to serve them: nor, in spite… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
You must study to be frank with the world: frankness is the child of honesty and courage. Say just what you mean to do… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be broken up… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
All military history records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than numbers and resources. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
A man may manifest and communicate his joy, but he should conceal and smother his grief as much as possible. — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
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… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Life processes take place in an aqueous medium. All organisms are composed mostly of water, whether they dwell in the oceans, lakes, and rivers,… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
