Robert E. Lee Quotes

Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.

Teach him to deny himself.

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

Every student must be a gentleman.

I will attack no matter what and win the war!

Any victory would be dear at such a price.

Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.

The devil's name is dullness.

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

He has lost his left arm, but my right.

All this has been my fault.

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

Let us go home and cultivate our virtues.

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

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

We must forgive our enemies.

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

History teaches us to hope.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A nation that does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

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

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

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

You cannot barter manhood for peace.

Ideas are easy to conceive, less easy to execute.

Read history, works of truth, not novels and romances

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

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

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

I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.

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

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

Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!

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

The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.

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

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

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

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

The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

I was too weak to defend, so I attacked

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

It is history that teaches us to hope.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I rejoice that slavery is abolished.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.