Without music, we wouldn't have an Army.

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

As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.

Many opportunities have been lost and hundreds of valuable lives uselessly sacrificed for want of a strict observance of discipline. Its object is to enable an army to bring promptly into action the largest possible number of its men, in good order and under the control of their officers. Its effects are visible in all military history, which records the triumphs of discipline and courage far more frequently than those of numbers and resources.

To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love.

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.

The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many guards and securities, if it was intended to be broken by every member of the Confederacy at will.