Ulysses S. Grant

"I never made a sacrifice."

"I feel no anxiety about the future of the country."

"The greatest happiness of the greatest number should be the object of all governments."

"It is my fortune to be a soldier."

"Distinction should be based upon referential fitness."

"I am now serving my country in an official capacity."

"I do not know what the future holds, but I am prepared for it."

"Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life."

"I am more of a listener than a talker."

"Nature is the best teacher."

"I believe in allowing the world to move forward."

"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second best time is now."

"I trust that Providence will ever guide and protect the just."

"Every man should have a code to live by."

"The brave man inattentive to his duty is worth little more than the coward."

"I know only what I know, and that is little."

"My failures have been my best teachers."

"Success will never be a big step in the future, success is a small step taken now."

"We want peace, but we are prepared for war."

"I am for any measure which will improve the condition of the laboring masses."

"A son of toil himself, I am bound to the laboring masses by every tie of sympathy and interest."

"Prosperity is the fruit of labour."

"There is nothing like honest work to clear the mind."

"I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail."

"The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes."

"Knowing what to do is the part of wisdom; doing it is the part of virtue."

"I never wanted to be President, but I found myself in the situation."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"Every moment lost is lost forever."

"I am a soldier and I will always be a soldier."