Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
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.
Robert E. Lee
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Robert E. Lee
Age: 63 †
Born: 1807
Born: January 19
Died: 1870
Died: October 12
Military Officer
Slaveholder
Robert Edward Lee
General Lee
General R. E. Lee
General Robert E. Lee
Robert E.
General Lee
Robert E Lee
R. E. Lee
Gen. Robert Edward Lee
Never
Army
Duty
Word
Less
Language
Wish
Sublimest
Cannot
Confederate
Things
Gratitude
More quotes by Robert E. Lee
The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.
Robert E. Lee
The devil's name is dullness.
Robert E. Lee
I can only say that I am nothing but a poor sinner, trusting in Christ alone for salvation.
Robert E. Lee
The education of a man is never completed until he dies.
Robert E. Lee
He has lost his left arm, but I my right.
Robert E. Lee
For I consider the character of no man affected by a want of success, provided he has made an honest effort to succeed.
Robert E. Lee
Lee tells his troops. After four years of arduous service marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude the Army of Northern Virginia has been compelled to yield to overwhelming numbers and resources.
Robert E. Lee
We must...submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.
Robert E. Lee
There is a true glory and a true honor: the glory of duty done--the honor of the integrity of principle.
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
My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good.
Robert E. Lee
My chief concern is to try to be an humble, earnest Christian.
Robert E. Lee
All this has been my fault.
Robert E. Lee
I endeavored to give thanks to our Heavenly Father for all his mercies to me, for his preservation of me through all the dangers I have passed, and all the blessings which he has bestowed upon me, for I know I fall far short of my obligations
Robert E. Lee
Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!
Robert E. Lee
I will attack no matter what and win the war!
Robert E. Lee
I would rather die a thousand deaths than surrender.
Robert E. Lee
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.
Robert E. Lee
No day should be lived unless it was begun with a prayer of thankfulness and an intercession for guidance.
Robert E. Lee
Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.
Robert E. Lee
