General Longstreet,when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.

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

We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.

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.

What a glorious world Almighty God has given us. How thankless and ungrateful we are, and how we labor to mar his gifts.

No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.

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.