“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 Edward Lee
“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 Edward Lee
“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 Edward Lee
“In all my perplexities and distresses, the Bible has never failed to give me light and strength.” Robert Edward Lee
“I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.” Robert Edward Lee LifeManTrustWiseControlHimself
“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 Edward Lee
“Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less.” Robert Edward Lee
“Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or to keep one.” Robert Edward Lee ThingFriendNeverWrongFriendshipMakeOneKeep
“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 Edward Lee
“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 Edward Lee
“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 Edward Lee
“The education of a man is never completed until he dies.” Robert Edward Lee EducationKnowledgeManWisdomDieNeverCompleted
“What a cruel thing war is... to fill our hearts with hatred instead of love for our neighbors.” Robert Edward Lee
“We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing.” Robert Edward Lee
“The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.” Robert Edward Lee
“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 Edward 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 Edward Lee
