Robert E. Lee

"The path of righteousness is often the most difficult, but also the most rewarding."

"Never underestimate the power of determination and will."

"In all circumstances, maintain your dignity and self-respect."

"The strength of a people lies in their unity and shared purpose."

"We should never lose sight of the ideals that make us human."

"A life lived with purpose is a life lived well."

"In the end, we are remembered not for what we took, but for what we gave."

"The test of character is what we do when no one is watching."

"Hope is the greatest gift we can give ourselves and others."

"We must learn from our past without being imprisoned by it."

"The education of a man is never completed until he dies."

"I have always observed that whoever sees the good in people is the one who finds the good in life."

"Duty then is the sublimest word in the English language."

"The general who loses the confidence of his soldiers loses the battle."

"True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in modulating our actions by her rules."

"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."

"One should never do a wrong thing to do a right one."

"My experience through life has convinced me that while moderation and temperance are excellent virtues, abstinence is too hard an enemy to human happiness."

"A man may make mistakes and still be a man."

"I believe it is a good world and am content to live in it."

"The great duty of life is to be of service to others."

"Constant vigilance in small matters is the best guardian of great ones."

"Do your duty and you will be happy."

"There is nothing degrading about labor."

"Young men, do not do what you would be ashamed to tell your mothers."

"The truth is like the sun; if you stare at it long enough, you will go blind."

"We are not obliged to do everything we can possibly do."

"The absence of hope is despair."

"I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were wrong in policy, but I have never cherished toward them those bitter or vindictive feelings."

"A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself."