Top 33 Quotes by Robert E. Lee

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

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.

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

The devil's name is dullness.

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.

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

Say just what you mean to do on every occasion, and take it for granted you mean to do right.

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.

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.

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.