Great men are ordinary men with extra ordinary determination.
When you make it to the top, turn and reach down for the person behind you.
I sincerely wish war was a pleasanter and easier business than it is, but it does not admit of holidays.
A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.
I was elected a Captain of Volunteers--a success which gave me more pleasure than any I have had since.