Ulysses S. Grant

"The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on."

"I know only two tunes: one of them is Yankee Doodle and the other isn't."

"I have never advocated war except as a means of peace."

"Leave nothing for to-morrow which can be done to-day."

"I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crisis."

"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did."

"In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins."

"The most successful general is he who makes the fewest mistakes."

"A man may be so occupied in representing the state that he neglects to represent himself."

"Man prepares, and God disposes."

"I am glad to be here. I would rather be anywhere."

"Success is a matter of luck. Ask any failure."

"The friend to all is the friend to none."

"I feel myself the equal of any man alive."

"It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service."

"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education."

"Hold it. The illiterate should not be voting. I cannot believe it."

"If men make war in slavishly obeying the God of War, they will continue to fight one another."

"There are but few important events in the affairs of men whose great consequences are immediately perceived."

"The way to become rich is to make money, not to save it."

"There is nothing more important than good health, good friends and good character."

"I would fight them if they were a thousand to one."

"I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's native land."

"All the art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill."

"Peace is the normal condition of mankind."

"Books are a finer world within the world."

"It was my fortune or misfortune to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training."

"The feeling of the solider toward the general has a great deal to do with his action in battle."

"To be forgiven, one must confess."

"I have always understood that pioneering is a thankless task."