There is always hazard in ...

There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.
There is always hazard in military activity, but we must decide between the positive loss of inactivity and the risk of action.
 Robert E. Lee

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Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Never complain and never explain.
A good plan violently executed now is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
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 Robert Schuller
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
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Abandon your animosities and make your sons Americans!
 Robert E. Lee
I am as willing to serve now as in the beginning in any capacity and at any post where I can do good. The lower the position, the more suitable to my ability and the more agreeable to my feelings.
 Robert E. Lee
With all my devotion to the Union, and the feeling of loyalty and duty of an American citizen, I have not been able to make up my mind to raise my hand against my relative, my children, my home. I have, therefore, resigned my commission in the Army.
 Robert E. Lee
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.
 Robert E. Lee
I have been up to see the Congress and they do not seem to be able to do anything except to eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving.
 Robert E. Lee