Quotes by Robert E. Lee

About Robert E. Lee:

Robert Edward Lee was an American soldier known for commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War from 1862 until his surrender in 1865. The son of Revolutionary War officer Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, Lee was a top graduate of the United States Military Academy and an exceptional officer and combat engineer in the United States Army for 32 years. During this time, he served throughout the United States, distinguished himself during the Mexican–American War, served as Superintendent of the United States Military Academy, and married Mary Custis.
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The man who has everything figured out is probably a fool.

Robert E. Lee

Buy a Bible!Your guide to eternal life!

Robert E. Lee

A giant once lived in that body. But Matt Brady got lost. Because he was looking for God too high up and too far away.

Robert E. Lee

He weighs the volume in his hand; this one has been the center of the whirlwind. Then DRUMMOND notices the Bible on the JUDGE's bench. He picks up the Bible in his other hand; he looks from one volume to the other, balancing them thoughtfully, as if ...

Robert E. Lee

Why? Because I refuse to erase a man's lifetime? I tell you Brady had the same right as Cates: the right to be wrong!

Robert E. Lee

When you loose your power to laugh, you loose your power to think straight.

Robert E. Lee

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

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The trite saying that honesty is the best policy has met with the just criticism that honesty is not policy. The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

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A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.

Robert E. Lee

The devil's name is dullness.

Robert E. Lee

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.

Robert E. Lee

I like whiskey. I always did, and that is why I never drink it.

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My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.

Robert E. Lee

I think it better to do right, even if we suffer in so doing, than to incur the reproach of our consciences and posterity.

Robert E. Lee

It is easier to make our wishes conform to our means than to make our means conform to our wishes.

Robert E. Lee

Never do a wrong thing to make a friend--or to keep one.

Robert E. Lee

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.

Robert E. Lee

I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.

Robert E. Lee

Cadets can neither be treated as schoolboys or soldiers.

Robert E. Lee

The march of Providence is so slow and our desires so impatient; the work of progress so immense and our means of aiding it so feeble; the life of humanity is so long, that of the individual so brief, that we often see only the ebb of the advancing w...

Robert E. Lee

Author Bio

  • NameRobert E. Lee
  • DescriptionConfederate general in the Civil War
  • AliasesRob Lee
  • BornJanuary 19, 1807
  • DiedOctober 12, 1870
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Confederate States Of America
  • ProfessionSoldier