William Tecumseh Sherman

"I have learned that preparation is the key to victory."

"A grateful heart is the foundation of happiness."

"The strength of friendship lies in honest discourse."

"I believe in the dignity of honest labor."

"Fear is only overcome by action and resolve."

"The greatest adventure is the pursuit of truth."

"I have always valued integrity above all else."

"A nation's health is measured by the character of its citizens."

"The bonds of family are the strongest on earth."

"I have found that hope sustains the human spirit."

"The pursuit of knowledge is a lifelong endeavor."

"I believe that change is inevitable but progress is not."

"A true friend stands with you in both victory and defeat."

"The legacy of a life is measured by its impact on others."

"I am a soldier, I take my marching orders from the American people."

"There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell."

"You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it."

"The inevitable effect of a close-looked-at thing is that it ceases to be something looked at and becomes something seen."

"If I found myself in hell, I would still recommend it to a friend."

"I believe it my duty to my country to love nothing but my country, but those who will sustain my country."

"A democracy is so fickle that you never can tell where the headed mob will go."

"In our country, I have no purpose or intention to interfere with the institution of slavery."

"The government of the United States had no right to interfere with the slavery question."

"My aim then was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses."

"Grant is a modest man. He has a good deal to be modest about."

"Vicksburg is the key to the South."

"I would not restore the Union as it was."

"The people of Georgia have had destruction and gloom long enough."

"I confess, without shame, I am sick and tired of fighting."

"All attempts to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster."