Robert E. Lee Quotes

Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret.
Robert E. Lee

Life, Good, Live

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.
Robert E. Lee

Able, While, Congress

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

Strength, Give, Light

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.
Robert E. Lee

Trust, Control, Cannot

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.
Robert E. Lee

God, Hope, Confidence

The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.
Robert E. Lee

Best, Saying, Real

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

War, Grow, Terrible

Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.
Robert E. Lee

Cannot, Wish, Less

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

Suffer, Posterity, Reproach

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.
Robert E. Lee

Wisdom, Expect, Call

Duty is the most sublime word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more. You should never wish to do less.
Robert E. Lee

Cannot, Wish, Word

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

Friend, Wrong, Keep

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

Why, Drink, Whiskey

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

Love, War, Hatred

This war is not about slavery.
Robert E. Lee

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
Robert E. Lee

Fight, Long, Christian

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

Education, Until, Completed

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

Failure, Good, God

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.
Robert E. Lee

Cannot, Wish, Word

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

True, Help, Cannot

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

Good, War, Might

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

War, Wisdom, Both

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
Robert E. Lee

Legal, Character, Foundation

Whiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it.
Robert E. Lee

Reason, Whiskey

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

Humble, Christian, Try

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: January 19, 1807

Died: October 12, 1870

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