There is scarcely anything that is right that we cannot hope to accomplish by labor and perseverance. But the first must be earnest and the second unremitting.

The biggest mistake of my life was taking a military education.

For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.

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

There are things in the Old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible Word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.

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

We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipments, must endeavor to harass, if we cannot destroy them.