My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.

There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.

Shake off those gloomy feelings. Drive them away. Fix your mind and pleasures upon what is before you.All is bright if you will think it so. All is happy if you will make it so. Do not dream. It is too ideal, too imaginary. Dreaming by day, I mean. Live in the world you inhabit. Look upon things as they are. Take them as you find them. Make the best of them. Turn them to your advantage.

All I ever wanted was a Virginia farm, no end of cream and fresh butter and fried chicken - not one fried chicken, or two, but unlimited fried chicken.

The gentleman does not needlessly and unnecessarily remind an offender of a wrong he may have committed against him. He cannot only forgive, he can forget; and he strives for that nobleness of self and mildness of character which impart sufficient strength to let the past be but the past. A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

The time is not come for impartial history. If the truth were told just now, it would not be credited.

True patriotism sometimes requires of men to act exactly contrary, at one period, to that which it does at another, and the motive which impels them the desire to do right is precisely the same.

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.

Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state

Sir, if you ever presume again to speak disrespectfully of General Grant in my presence, either you or I will sever his connection with this university.

All motion is relative. Perhaps it is you who have moved away-by standing still

Postal officials say that before Christmas they receive tons of letters written to Santa Claus, but after Christmas how few letters of thanks are sent to him! From childhood onward, human beings seem to be characterized by thanklessness.

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys or soldiers.

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

Alabama soldiers, all I ask of you is to keep up with the Texans!

We poor sinners need to come back from our wanderings to seek pardon through the all-sufficient merits of our Redeemer. And we need to pray earnestly for the power of the Holy Spirit to give us a precious revival in our hearts and among the unconverted.

We must look to the rising generation for the restoration of the country.

We have only one rule here - to act like a gentleman at all times.

We must forgive our enemies. I can truly say that not a day has passed since the war began that I have not prayed for them.

You cannot barter manhood for peace.

There are things in the Old Book which I may not be able to explain, but I fully accept it as the infallible Word of God, and receive its teachings as inspired by the Holy Spirit.

I was too weak to defend, so I attacked

The dominant party cannot reign forever, and truth and justice will prevail at last.

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

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery,I am rejoiced that slavery is abolished.

A land without memories is a people without liberty.

If you have any fault to find with anyone, tell him, not others, of what you complain; there is no more dangerous experiment than that of undertaking to be one thing before a man's face and another behind his back.

I am A man, not a sponge! If god wished a sponge to think, A SPONGE WOULD THINK!

It is well that war is so terrible, or we would grow too fond of it.

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

The education of a man ( or woman ) is never completed until he dies.

Everyone should do all in his power to collect and disseminate the truth, in the hope that it may find a place in history and descend to posterity. History is not the relation of campaigns and battles and generals or other individuals, but that which shows the principles for which the South contended and which justified her struggle for those principles.

Respect is based on Friendship,and friendship is based on love and love is so accidental isn't it ?

You must be careful how you walk and where you go, for there are those following you who will set their feet where yours are set.

There is scarcely anything that is right that we cannot hope to accomplish by labor and perseverance. But the first must be earnest and the second unremitting.

Marry...into a family that will enable your children to feel proud of both sides of the house.

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

What a beautiful world God, in His loving kindness to His creatures, has given us! What a shame that men endowed with reason and knowledge of right should mar His gifts....

I consider the proper education of our youths one of the most important objects now to be attained and one from which the greatest benefits may be expected.

Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less.

We have but one rule here, and that is that every student must be a gentleman.

I did only what my duty demanded. I could have taken no other course without dishonor.

A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday does not know where it is today.

It is good that war is so terrible, or we should become too fond of it.

I have thought from the time of the cessation of the hostilities, that silence and patience on the part of the South was the true course; and I think so still. Controversy of all kinds will, in my opinion, only serve to continue excitement and passion, and will prevent the public mind from the acknowledgement and acceptance of the truth.

Life Insurance trusts I consider sacred. To hazard the property of the dead & to lose the scanty earnings of fathers & husbands, who have toiled & saved that they may leave something to their families deprived of their care & the support of their labour, is to my mind the worst of crimes.

Why, it appears that we appointed all of our worst generals to command the armies and we appointed all of our best generals to edit the newspapers. I mean, I found by reading a newspaper that these editor generals saw all of the defects plainly from the start but didn't tell me until it was too late. I'm willing to yield my place to these best generals and I'll do my best for the cause by editing a newspaper.

I can anticipate no greater calamity for the country than the dissolution of the Union. It would be an accumulation of all the evils we complain of, and I am willing to sacrifice everything but honor for its preservation.