Robert E. Lee Quotes

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Robert E. Lee Quotes

Robert E. Lee Quotes

It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.

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.

I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness that our only hope is in God.

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

Our country demands all our strength, all our energies. To resist the powerful combination now forming against us will require every man at his place. If victorious, we will have everything to hope for in the future. If defeated, nothing will be left for us to live for.

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

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

They do not know what they say. If it came to a conflict of arms, the war will last at least four years. Northern politicians will not appreciate the determination and pluck of the South, and Southern politicians do not appreciate the numbers, resources, and patient perseverance of the North. Both sides forget that we are all Americans. I foresee that our country will pass through a terrible ordeal, a necessary expiation, perhaps, for our national sins.

I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

The education of a man is never completed until he dies.

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

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

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

I can not trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.

We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers

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

Duty is the sublimest work in the English language.

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

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

We cannot afford to be idle, and though weaker than our opponents in men and military equipment, must endeavor to harass if we cannot destroy them.

The war… was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forbearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.

A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me.

We must enlist our own snake and strike like a cobra against their vitals with an attack on Washington.

Death, in its silent sure march, is fast gathering those whom I have longest loved so that when he shall knock at my door, I will more willingly follow.

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…

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.

We must…submit ourselves in adversity to the will of a merciful God as cheerfully as in prosperity.

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.

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

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. The controversy of all kinds will, in my opinion, only serve to continue excitement and passion, and will prevent the public mind from the acknowledgment and acceptance of the truth.

I have never witnessed on any previous occasion such entire disregard of the usage of civilized warfare and the dictates of humanity.

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

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

Keep steady in the view of the great principles for which you contend. The safety of your homes and the lives of all you hold dear depend upon your courage and exertions. Let each man resolve to be victorious, and that the right of self-government, liberty and peace shall find him a defender.

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.

As a general principle you should not force young men to do their duty, but let them do it voluntarily and thereby develop their characters.

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Robert E. Lee Quotes on Heart

My heart bleeds at the death of every one of our gallant men.

I pray that on this day [Christmas] when only peace and good-will are preached to mankind, better thoughts may fill the hearts of our enemies and turn them to peace.

I believe I may so, looking into my own heart, and speaking as in the presence of God, that I have never know one moment of bitterness or resentment.

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.

Robert E. Lee Quotes Killer Angels

When he … sees the blood of the enemy, a man of honor can no longer turn away.

 Saw the face of Robert Lee. Incredible eyes. An honest man, a simpleman. Out of date. They all ride to glory, all the plumed knights.

I know nothing of what’s in front of me. It may be the entire Federal army.

Robert E. Lee Quotes about Civil Wars

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

You cannot be a true man until you learn to obey.

Teach him to deny himself.

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

Robert E. Lee Quotes Gettysburg

here is another fight coming’ tomorrow, and we need you. We need every man,

God knows. You must take what I have told you, and learn from it, as a man does.

Perhaps you misunderstood my orders? Perhaps I did not make myself clear. Well, sir… this must be made *very* clear. You, sir, with your cavalry, are the eyes of this army. Without your cavalry, we are made blind. That has already happened once. It must never, *never* happen again.

There is no time.

It is the opinion of some… excellent officers that you have let us all down.

Robert E. Lee Quotes about Texas

The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

Robert E. Lee Quotes on Monuments

I think it wiser moreover not to keep open the sores of war, but to follow the examples of those nations who endeavored to obliterate the marks of civil strife & to commit to oblivion the feelings it engendered.

My conviction is, that however grateful it would be to the feelings of the South, the attempt in the present condition of the Country, would have the effect of retarding, instead of accelerating its accomplishment; [and] of continuing, if not adding to, the difficulties under which the Southern people labor.

As regards the erection of such a monument as is contemplated,

My engagements will not permit me to be present, & I believe if there I could not add anything material to the information existing on the subject.

Robert E. Lee Quotes After War

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

It is well that war is so terrible. We should grow too fond of it.

The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.

He has lost his left arm, but I my right.

Robert E. Lee Quotes Appomattox and Reconstruction

Governor, if I had foreseen the use those people designed to make of their victory, there would have been no surrender at Appomattox Courthouse; no sir, not by me. Had I foreseen these results of subjugation, I would have preferred to die at Appomattox with my brave men, my sword in my right hand.

Robert E. Lee Quotes on Stonewall Jackson

“Stonewall is my Right-Hand Man”

Robert E. Lee Quotes about Enemies

The enemy is here, and if we do not whip him, he will whip us.

We must forgive our enemies.

I pray that on this day [Christmas] when only peace and good-will are preached to mankind, better thoughts may fill the hearts of our enemies and turn them to peace.

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 Quotes about Virginia

Whither shall I flee? To no country on earth that I know of where there is as much liberty as yet remains to me even in Virginia.

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.

I think it would be better for Virginia if she could get rid of them. That is no new opinion with me. I have always thought so, and have always been in favor of emancipation

Robert E. Lee Quotes on the Confederate Flag

“Fold it up And Put it Away”

Robert E. Lee Quotes on Slavery

While we see the Course of the final abolition of human Slavery is onward, & we give it the aid of our prayers & all justifiable means in our power, we must leave the progress as well as the result in his hands who sees the end; who Chooses to work by slow influences; & with whom two thousand years are but as a Single day.

So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I have rejoiced that slavery is abolished. I believe it will be great for the interests of the south. So fully am I satisfied with this, as regards Virginia especially, that I would cheerfully have lost all I have lost by the war, and have suffered all I have suffered, to have this object attained.

‘You cannot make soldiers of slaves, or slaves of soldiers. The day you make a soldier of them is the beginning of the end of the Revolution. And if slaves seem good soldiers, then our whole theory of slavery is wrong’.

There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.

Robert E. Lee Quotes about Country and Reconstruction

The enemy never sees the backs of my Texans!

Let danger never turn you aside from the pursuit of honor or the service to your

country … Know that death is inevitable and the fame of virtue is immortal

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

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

Robert E. Lee Quotes about Feelings

I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings. And have never seen the day when I did not pray for them.

Remember, we are all one country now. Dismiss from your mind all sectional feeling, and bring them up to be Americans.

It’s the loneliest feeling in the world-to find yourself standing up when everybody else is sitting down. To have everybody look at you and say, ‘What’s the matter with him?’ I know. I know what it feels like. Walking down an empty street, listening to the sound of your own footsteps. Shutters closed, blinds drawn, doors locked against you. And you aren’t sure whether you’re walking toward something, or if you’re just walking away.

Robert E. Lee Quotes on Duty

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…

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.

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

I believe it to be the duty of everyone to unite in the restoration of the country and the reestablishment of peace and harmony.

Robert E. Lee Quotes Gods and Generals

“General Robert E. Lee: He’s lost his left arm. I’ve lost my right.”

“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.”

“General Robert E. Lee: It is well that war is so terrible… or we should grow too fond of it.”

A land without memories is a people without liberty.

Robert E. Lee Quotes on Army and Music

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…


General Longstreet, when once in a fight, was a most brilliant soldier; but he was the hardest man to move I had in my army.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

I have inhaled, exhaled everything.

The greatest feeling you can get in a gym or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is the pump. It feels fantastic. It’s as satisfying to me as Cumming is, you know, as in having sex with a woman and Cumming. So can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am like getting the feeling of Cumming in the gym; I’m getting the feeling of Cumming at home; I’m getting the feeling of Cumming backstage; when I pump up, when I pose out in front of 5000 people I get the same feeling, so I am Cumming day and night. It’s terrific, right? So you know, I am in heaven.

That was another thing I will never forgive the Republican Party for.

Having a pump is like having sex. I train two, sometimes three times a day. Each time I get a pump. It’s great. I feel like I’m coming all day.

if they don’t have the guts, I call them girlie men. –Arnold Schwarzenegger describing Democratic lawmakers in California

If I would do another ‘Terminator’ movie I would have Terminator travel back in time and tell Arnold not to have a special election. -Arnold Schwarzenegger after all four of his ballot initiatives were roundly defeated in the special election he called

It’s the most difficult [decision] I’ve made in my entire life, except the one I made in 1978 when I decided to get a bikini wax. –Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his gubernatorial candidacy on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno

As much as when you see a blonde with great tits and a great ass, you say to yourself, ‘Hey, she must be stupid or must have nothing else to offer,’ which maybe is the case many times. But then again there is the one that is as smart as her breasts look, great as her face looks, beautiful as her whole body looks gorgeous, you know, so people are shocked.

I was ashamed to call myself a Republican during that period.

The c**k isn’t a muscle so it doesn’t grow in relation to the shoulders, say, or the pectorals. You can’t make it bigger through exercise, that’s for sure.

I can look at a chick who’s a little out of shape and if she turns me on, I won’t hesitate to date her. If she’s a good f**k she can weigh 150 pounds, I don’t care.-in a 1977 interview with Oui

My friends don’t want me to mention Kurt’s name, because of all the recent Nazi stuff and the U.N. controversy, but I love him and Maria does too, and so thank you, Kurt. –on his friend and fellow Austrian Kurt Waldheim, a Nazi war criminal

Nixon was always being attacked sexually. It was always said that he was a fag and that he had no sexual relations with his wife for 15 years and that was why he liked power. And Hitler had only one ball, and that was why he wanted to conquer the world. -in a 1977 interview with Time Out

I saw this toilet bowl. How many times do you get away with this — to take a woman, grab her upside down, and bury her face in a toilet bowl? I wanted to have something floating there … The thing is, you can do it, because, in the end, I didn’t do it to a woman — she’s a machine! We could get away with it without being crucified by the who-knows-what group. -Arnold Schwarzenegger, describing a scene in “Terminator 3

If you can go through the pain period, you make it be a champion. If you can’t go through it, forget it. And that’s what most people lack: having the guts – the guts to go in and just say… “I don’t care what happens

“All of a sudden, we see riots, we see protests, we see people clashing. The next thing we know, there is injured or there are dead people. We don’t want to get to that extent. –Arnold Schwarzenegger on the dangers posed by gay marriage

To be or not to be. Not to be.

Born to be bad.

The unique thing about bodybuilding is that when I compete it is just me on a stage alone. There is no field, no bat, no ball, no skis, and on skates. All other athletes have to use the equipment, like football. But I don’t use anything in competition except myself. It’s just me up there. Me alone. No coach. No nothing.

My nipples are very sensitive.

I need your clothes your boots and your motorcycle.

What killed the Dinosaurs? The Ice Age!

I didn’t leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.

Talk to the hand.

The most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is ‘pump’. It is satisfying to me as Cumming is you know? As having sex with woman and Cumming so can you believe how much I am in heaven? I am like getting the feeling of cumming in the gym I am getting the feeling of cumming at home I am getting the feeling of cumming backstage when I pump up; when I pose out in front of 5000 people I get the same feeling so I am cumming day and night.

Chill out, dickwad

Alright everyone, chill…

The better you get, the less you run around showing off as a muscle guy. You know, you wear regular shirts-not always trying to show off what you have. You talk less about it. It’s like you have a little BMW – you want to race the hell out of this car, because you know it’s just going 110. But if you see guys driving a Ferrari or a Lamborghini, they slide around at 60 on the freeway because they know if they press on that accelerator they are going to go 170. These things are the same in every field.

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

The mind is incredible. Once you’ve gained mastery over it, channeling its powers positively for your purposes, you can do anything. I mean anything. The secret is to make your mind work for you not against you. This means constantly being positive. Constantly setting up challenges you can meet either today, next week, or next month. “I can’t… should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.

Dylan you son of a b*tch

You set us up!

“With my desire and drive, I definitely wasn’t normal. Normal people can be happy with a regular life. I was different. I felt there was more to life than plodding through a normal existence… I have always been impressed by stories of greatness and power. I wanted to do something special, to be recognized as the best. I saw bodybuilding as the vehicle that would take me to the top, and I put all my energy into it. And so with beliefs and dreams like that, he reached the top and everything he has ever done. And it all started in his head… with visions, with dreams, would goals.

Allow me to break the ice.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes Never Give Up

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

If I can see it and believe it, then I can achieve it.

Be hungry for success, hungry to make your mark, hungry to be seen and to be heard and to have an effect. And as you move up and become successful, make sure also to be hungry for helping others.

DO IT. DO IT NOW!

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes Pumping Iron

I was always dreaming about very powerful people. Dictators and things like that. I was just always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds of years Even like Jesus, being for thousands of years remembered.

I always felt like my place is America and when I was 10 years old…I only dreamed of coming to America and being the greatest.

You make too much noise! Has to be very quiet in here, like in a Church!

If you want to be a champion you cannot have any kind of an outside negative force coming in and affect you.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes in Terminator

Your clothes, give them to me, now!– Terminator

It’s not a tumor.”

Get to the choppa.”

Hasta La Vista, Baby!– Terminator

Life Quotes by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Money doesn’t make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

With my desire and drive, I definitely wasn’t normal. Normal people can be happy with a regular life. I was different. I felt there was more to life than plodding through a normal existence… I have always been impressed by stories of greatness and power. I wanted to do something special, to be recognized as the best. I saw bodybuilding as the vehicle that would take me to the top, and I put all my energy into it.And so with beliefs and dreams like that, he reached the top and everything he has ever done. And it all started in his head… with visions, with dreams, would goals.

We all have great inner power. The power is self-faith. There’s really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. You have to want to conquer.

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

Funny Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

We have to make sure everyone in California has a great job. A fantastic job!

As you know, I don’t need to take any money from anybody. I have plenty of money myself. I will make the decisions for the people.

I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.–Arnold Schwarzenegger on The Tonight Show

I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Movies Quotes

Have you ever killed anyone? Yeah, but they were all bad.

Who is your daddy and what does he do?

Consider dat a divorce!

I don’t know what the problem is, but I’m sure it can be solved without resorting to violence.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes on Strength

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

Leadership Quotes by Arnold Schwarzenegger

It doesn’t really matter what party you come from. I think the people appreciate that and they know that you’re working together, that you can provide the kind of leadership to bring both of the parties together, and do the kind of things that need to be done for the state.

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a Democrat or a Republican, young or old.

We have to show leadership in protecting our environment so that we have a future for our children and grandchildren.

One Liners Quotes by Arnold Schwarzenegger

See you at the party Richter!

You are not you, you are me.

Bring the toy back to the carpet.

Now listen to me very carefully.

Inspirational Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

The key to success? Work hard, stay focused and marry a Kennedy.

As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

Best Bodybuilding Quotes by Arnold

Experiencing pain in your muscles and aching, that’s what makes the muscle grow. And that divides one from being a champion and one from not being a champion. If you can go through this pain barrier, you may get to be a champion. If you can’t go through it, forget it.

Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower.

Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

Well, you know, I’m the forever optimist.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes about Gym

To go in the direction that I went takes a lot of work. And I don’t think you can do the work – the five or six hours of working out a day – if you don’t have a clear goal or know why you’re doing it. If you just hang out at the gym and train for five or six hours a day without a goal is almost impossible.


People say, My God, you’re so disciplined. But it has nothing to do with discipline; I loved it. Because I knew that every time I went to the gym I was one step closer to winning the competition.

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Epicurus Quotes

Epicurus Quotes

Epicurus Quotes

Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?

Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.

A free life cannot acquire many possessions, because this is not easy to do without servility to mobs or monarchs.

Accustom yourself to believe that death is nothing to us, for good and evil imply awareness, and death is the privation of all awareness; therefore a right understanding that death is nothing to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable, not by adding to life an unlimited time, but by taking away the yearning after immortality. For life has no terror; for those who thoroughly apprehend that there are no terrors for them in ceasing to live.

Why should I fear death? If I am, death is not. If death is, I am not. Why should I fear that which can only exist when I do not?

Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist.

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?

We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink.

Not what we have But what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.

It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls.

Let no young man delay the study of philosophy, and let no old man become weary of it; for it is never too early nor too late to care for the well-being of the soul.

Vain is the word of a philosopher who does not heal any suffering of man. For just as there is no profit in medicine if it does not expel the diseases of the body, so there is no profit in philosophy either if it does not expel the suffering of the mind.

Where I am death is not, where death is I am not.

Neither one should hesitate about dedicating oneself to philosophy when young, nor should get tired of doing it when one’s old, because no one is ever too young or too old to reach one’s soul’s healthy.

If you would enjoy real freedom, you must be the slave of Philosophy.

It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life.

Death is nothing to us: for that which is dissolved is without sensation, and that which lacks sensation is nothing to us.

He who says either that the time for philosophy has not yet come or that it has passed is like someone who says that the time for happiness has not yet come or that it has passed.

Launch your boat, blessed youth, and flee at full speed from every form of culture.

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Epicurus Famous Quotes on Friendship

It is not so much our friends’ help that helps us, as the confidence of their help.

Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.

Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful.

Of all the means to ensure happiness throughout the whole life, by far the most important is the acquisition of friends.

Epicurus Quotes on God

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

A strong belief in fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand, there is a comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers.

Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?

Short Death Quotes by Epicurus

Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

There is nothing terrible in life for the man who realizes there is nothing terrible in death.

The art of living well and the art of dying well are one.

Short Life Quotes by Epicurus

Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.

Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.

The fool’s life is empty of gratitude and full of fears; its course lies wholly toward the future.

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

Epicurus Quotes on Science

The greater the difficulty, the more the glory in surmounting it.

There are infinite worlds both like and unlike this world of ours. For the atoms being infinite in number… are borne on far out into space.

When someone admits one and rejects another which is equally in accordance with the appearances, it is clear that he has quitted all physical explanation and descended into myth.

Epicurus Quotes about Philosophy

All other love is extinguished by self-love; beneficence, humanity, justice, philosophy, sink under it.

Let no one delay the study of philosophy while young nor weary of it when old.

Luxurious food and drinks, in no way protect you from harm. Wealth beyond what is natural is no more use than an overflowing container. Real value is not generated by theaters, and baths, perfumes or ointments, but by philosophy.

In a philosophical dispute, he gains most who is defeated, since he learns most.

Epicurus Quotes about Religion

Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can and does not want to.

If, as they say, God can abolish evil, and God really wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?

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Harriet Tubman Quotes

Harriet Tubman Quotes

Harriet Tubman Quotes

I can’t die but once.

I started with this idea in my head, “There are two things I’ve got a right to, death or liberty.”

I would have been able to free a thousand more slaves if I could only have convinced them that they were slaves.

I would fight for my liberty so long as my strength lasted, and if the time came for me to go, the Lord would let them take me.

I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.

I am at peace with God and all mankind.

We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped.

Quakers are almost as good as colored. They call themselves friends and you can trust them every time.

I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.

Marcus Garvey had in their times. We just had a more vulnerable enemy.

I grew up like a neglected weed – ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it.

Lord, I’m going to hold steady on to You and You’ve got to see me through.

I grew up like a neglected weed, ignorant of liberty, having no experience of it. Then I was not happy or contented: every time I saw a white man I was afraid of being carried away.

Most of those coming from the mainland are very destitute, almost naked. I am trying to find places for those able to work, and provide for them as best I can, so as to lighten the burden on the Government as much as possible, while at the same time they learn to respect themselves by earning their own living.

Twant me, ’twas the Lord. I always told him, ‘I trust to you. I don’t know where to go or what to do, but I expect you to lead me,’ and He always did.

I knew of a man who was sent to the State Prison for twenty-five years. All these years he was always thinking of his home and counting by years, months, and days, the time till he should be free, and see his family and friends once more.

Never wound a snake; kill it.

The Lord who told me to take care of my people meant me to do it just as long as I live, and so I did what he told me.

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person. There was such a glory over everything. The sun came up like gold through the trees, and I felt like I was in heaven.

If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.

Pears like I prayed all the time, ’bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an’ groaned to the Lord.

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Harriet Tubman Quotes about Slaves

If I could have convinced more slaves that they were slaves, I could have freed thousands more.

I would have been able to free a thousand more slaves if I could only have convinced them that they were slaves.

I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.

Harriet Tubman Quotes about Dreams
In my dreams and visions, I seemed to see a line, and on the other side of that line were green fields, and lovely flowers, and beautiful white ladies, who stretched out their arms to me over the line, but I couldn’t reach them no-how. I always fell before I got to the line.

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.

I had crossed de line of which I had so long been dreaming. I was free; but dere was no one to welcome me to de land of freedom, I was a stranger in a strange land, and my home after all was down in de old cabin quarter, wid de ole folks, and my brudders and sisters. But to dis solemn resolution I came; I was free, and dey should be free also; I would make a home for dem in de North, and de Lord helping me, I would bring dem all dere.

Harriet Tubman Quotes on Slavery
Slavery is the next thing to hell.

I had crossed the line. I was free, but there was no one to welcome me to the land of freedom. I was a stranger in a strange land.

I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person.

Short Quotes by Harriet Tubman
If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.

“I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say – I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.”

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Frederick Douglass Quotes

Frederick Douglass Quotes

Frederick Douglass Quotes

Did John Brown fail? John Brown began the war that ended American slavery and made this a free Republic.

This war, disguise it as they may, is virtually nothing more or less than perpetual slavery against universal freedoms.

I hear the mournful wail of millions!

I escaped from slavery and became a leading abolitionist and speaker.

Abolition of slavery had been the deepest desire and the great labor of my life

Slaves are generally expected to sing as well as to work.

I have often sung to drown my sorrow, but seldom to express my happiness. Crying for joy, and singing for joy, were alike uncommon to me while in the jaws of slavery. The singing of a man cast away upon a desolate island might be as appropriately considered as evidence of contentment and happiness, as the singing of a slave; the songs of the one and of the other are prompted by the same emotion.

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my desire to be free, and set me thinking of plans to gain my freedom.

It was a glorious resurrection, from the tomb of slavery to the heaven of slavery. My long-crushed spirit rose, cowardice departed, bold defiance took its place; and I now resolved that, however long I might remain a slave in form, the day had passed forever when I could be a slave in fact.

Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the Constitution is a glorious liberty document. Read its preamble, consider its purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it in the temple? It is neither.

Every tone was a testimony against slavery and a prayer to God for deliverance from chains.

I was broken in body, soul, and spirit. My natural elasticity was crushed, my intellect languished, the disposition to read departed, the cheerful spark that lingered about my eye died; the dark night of slavery closed in upon me; and behold a man transformed into a brute!

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, – that whenever my condition was improved, instead of its increasing my contentment, it only increased my desire to be free, and set me to thinking of plans to gain my freedom. I have found that, to make a contented slave, it is necessary to make a thoughtless one. It is necessary to darken his moral and mental vision, and, as far as possible, to annihilate the power of reason. He must be able to detect no inconsistencies in slavery; he must be made to feel that slavery is right; and he can be brought to that only when he ceased to be a man.

From my earliest recollection, I date the entertainment of a deep conviction that slavery would not always be able to hold me within its foul embrace; and in the darkest hours of my career in slavery, this living word of faith and spirit of hope departed not from me, but remained like ministering angels to cheer me through the gloom. This good spirit was from God, and to him I offer thanksgiving and praise.

John Brown’s zeal in the cause of freedom was infinitely superior to mine. Mine was as the taper light; his was as the burning sun. I could live for the slave; John Brown could die for him. The American people and the Government at Washington may refuse to recognize it for a time but the inexorable logic of events will force it upon them in the end; that the war now being waged in this land is a war for and against slavery.

Grandmother pointed out my brother Perry, my sister Sarah, and my sister Eliza, who stood in the group. I had never seen my brother nor my sisters before; and, though I had sometimes heard of them, and felt a curious interest in them, I really did not understand what they were to me, or I to them. We were brothers and sisters, but what of that? Why should they be attached to me, or I to them? Brothers and sisters were by blood; but slavery had made us strangers. I heard the words brother and sisters, and knew they must mean something; but slavery had robbed these terms of their true meaning.

When I ran away from slavery, it was for myself; when I advocated emancipation, it was for my people; but when I stood up for the rights of women, self was out of the question, and I found a little nobility in the act.

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Inspirational Frederick Douglass Quotes


If there is no struggle, there is no progress.

We may explain success mainly by one word and that word is WORK! WORK!! WORK!!! WORK!!!!

A gentleman will not insult me, and no man not a gentleman can insult me.

I have observed this in my experience of slavery, that whenever my condition was improved, instead of increasing my contentment; it only increased my desire to be free, and set me thinking of plans to gain my freedom.

Frederick Douglass Quotes on Constitution
Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On the other hand it will be found to contain principles and purposes, entirely hostile to the existence of slavery.

The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT. Read its preamble, consider it purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is it in the temple? it is neither.

Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It was purposely so framed as to give no claim, no sanction to the claim, of property in man. If in its origin slavery had any relation to the government, it was only as the scaffolding to the magnificent structure, to be removed as soon as the building was completed.

Frederick Douglass Quotes about Oppression
The Constitutional framers were peace men; but they preferred revolution to peaceful submission to bondage. They were quiet men; but they did not shrink from agitating against oppression. They showed forbearance; but that they knew its limits. They believed in order; but not in the order of tyranny. With them, nothing was “settled” that was not right. With them, justice, liberty and humanity were “final;” not slavery and oppression.

Oppression makes a wise man mad.

If we ever get free from all the oppressions and wrongs heaped upon us, we must pay for their removal. We must do this by labor, by suffering, by sacrifice, and, if needs be, by our lives, and the lives of others.

Frederick Douglass Quotes on Abraham Lincoln
[…] Any man can say things that are true of Abraham Lincoln, but no man can say anything that is new of Abraham Lincoln. His personal traits and public acts are better known to the American people than are those of any other man of his age. He was a mystery to no man who saw him and heard him. Though high in position, the humblest could approach him and feel at home in his presence. Though deep, he was transparent; though strong, he was gentle; though decided and pronounced in his convictions, he was tolerant towards those who differed from him, and patient under reproaches. I have said that President Lincoln was a white man, and shared the prejudices common to his countrymen towards the colored race. Looking back to his times and to the condition of his country, we are compelled to admit that this unfriendly feeling on his part may be safely set down as one element of his wonderful success in organizing the loyal American people for the tremendous conflict before them, and bringing them safely through that conflict. His great mission was to accomplish two things: first, to save his country from dismemberment and ruin; and, second, to free his country from the great crime of slavery. To do one or the other, or both, he must have the earnest sympathy and the powerful cooperation of his loyal fellow-countrymen. Without this primary and essential condition to success his efforts must have been vain and utterly fruitless.[…] Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined. Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln. Delivered at the Unveiling of The Freedmen’s Monument in Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C.” ― Frederick Douglass, Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln
“[…] Abraham Lincoln was not, in the fullest sense of the word, either our man or our model. In his interests, in his associations, in his habits of thought, and in his prejudices, he was a white man.

In a composite Nation like ours, made up of almost every variety of the human family, there should be, as before the Law, no rich, no poor, no high, no low, no black, no white, but one country, one citizenship equal rights and a common destiny for all. A government that cannot or does not protect the humblest citizen in his right to life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness, should be reformed or overthrown, without delay.

Frederick Douglass Quotes on Education
We used frequently to talk about the fight with Covey, and as often as we did so, he would claim my success as the result of the roots which he gave me. This superstition is very common among the more ignorant slaves. A slave seldom dies but that his death is attributed to trickery. (10.22)

After apologizing for his ignorance, and reminding the audience that slavery was a poor school for the human intellect and heart, he proceeded to narrate some of the facts in his own history as a slave, and in the course of his speech gave utterance to many noble thoughts and thrilling reflections. (Preface.4)

In moments of agony, I envied my fellow-slaves for their stupidity. I have often wished myself a beast. I preferred the condition of the meanest reptile to my own. Anything, no matter what, to get rid of thinking! It was this everlasting thinking of my condition that tormented me. (7.6)

The plan which I adopted, and the one by which I was most successful, was that of making friends of all the little white boys whom I met in the street. As many of these as I could, I converted into teachers. With their kindly aid, obtained at different times and in different places, I finally succeeded in learning to read. (7.4)

Frederick Douglass Quotes about Civil War
We are Americans, speaking the same language, adopting the same customs, holding the same general opinions… and shall rise and fall with Americans.

Civil war was not a mere strife for territory and dominion, but a contest of civilization against barbarism.

There are at present many Colored men in the Confederate Army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and laborers, but real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets.

There are at present many Colored men in the Confederate Army doing duty…

Frederick Douglass Quotes on Women’s Rights
“Woman, however, like the colored man, will never be taken by her brother and lifted to a position. What she desires, she must fight for.”

 “Woman should have justice as well as praise, and if she is to dispense with either, she can better afford to part with the latter than the former.”

The case is too plain for argument. Nature has given woman the same powers, and subjected her to the same earth, breathes the same air, subsists on the same food, physical, moral, mental and spiritual. She has, therefore, an equal right with man, in all efforts to obtain and maintain a perfect existence.”

“[A] woman should have every honorable motive to exertion which is enjoyed by man, to the full extent of her capacities and endowments.

Frederick Douglass Quotes on 4th of July
The 4th of July is the first great fact in your nation’s history — the very ring-bolt in the chain of your yet undeveloped destiny. Pride and patriotism, not less than gratitude, prompt you to celebrate and to hold it in perpetual remembrance. I have said that the Declaration of Independence is the ring-bolt to the chain of your nation’s destiny; so, indeed, I regard it. The principles contained in that instrument are saving principles. Stand by those principles, be true to them on all occasions, in all places, against all foes, and at whatever cost.

No man can put a chain about the ankle of his fellow man without at last finding the other end fastened about his own neck.

A great man, tender of heart, strong of nerve, boundless patience and broadest sympathy, with no motive apart from his country.

What to the Slave is the 4th of July.

Frederick Douglass Quotes on America
We are Americans, speaking the same language, adopting the same customs, holding the same general opinions… and shall rise and fall with Americans.

The American Constitution is a written instrument full and complete in itself. No Court in America, no Congress, no President, can add a single word thereto, or take a single word thereto. It is a great national enactment done by the people, and can only be altered, amended, or added to by the people.

The marriage institution cannot exist among slaves, and one sixth of the population of democratic America is denied it’s privileges by the law of the land. What is to be thought of a nation boasting of its liberty, boasting of it’s humanity, boasting of its Christianity, boasting of its love of justice and purity, and yet having within its own borders three millions of persons denied by law the right of marriage?

There is no Negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own constitution

Frederick Douglass Quotes on Slavery
I expose slavery in this country, because to expose it is to kill it. Slavery is one of those monsters of darkness to whom the light of truth is death.


The Federal Government was never, in its essence, anything but an anti-slavery government.

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Rosa Parks Quotes

Rosa Parks Quotes

Rosa Parks Quotes

I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom.

“It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn’t feel like obeying his demand. I was quite tired after spending a full day working.”

“I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don’t think there is anything such as complete happiness. It pains me that there is still a lot of Klan activity and racism. I think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for. I haven’t reached that stage yet.”

“Stand for something or you will fall for anything. Today’s mighty oak is yesterday’s nut that held its ground.”

“I’m tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.”

“Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over and over again.”

“Each person must live their life as a model for others.”

“Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.”

“Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and, hopefully, we shall overcome.”

“All I was doing was trying to get home from work.”

“Why do you all push us around?”

I am a symbol.

Each person must live their life as a model for others.

“My only concern was to get home after a hard day’s work.”

[F]rom the time I was a child, I tried to protest against disrespectful treatment.

I’d see the bus pass every day… But to me, that was a way of life; we had no choice but to accept what was the custom. The bus was among the first ways I realized there was a black world and a white world.

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better day, but I don’t think there is anything such as complete happiness. It pains me that there is still a lot of Klan activity and racism. I think when you say you’re happy, you have everything that you need and everything that you want, and nothing more to wish for. I haven’t reached that stage yet.

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Short Quotes by Rosa Parks

No.

I was just trying to let them know how I felt about being treated as a human being.

Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.

I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.

Rosa Parks Quotes about Freedom
“You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.”

I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.

I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people.

Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the same way.

Rosa Parks Quotes on Courage
The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.

I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what must be done does away with fear.

I am leaving this legacy to all of you…to bring peace, justice, equality, love and a fulfillment of what our lives should be. Without vision, the people will perish, and without courage and inspiration, dreams will die – the dream of freedom and peace.

Rosa Parks Quotes about Civil Rights
We didn’t have any civil rights. It was just a matter of survival, of existing from one day to the next. I remember going to sleep as a girl hearing the Klan ride at night and hearing a lynching and being afraid the house would burn down.

“People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was forty-two. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.”

People always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in

Rosa Parks Dignity Quotes
Racial pride and self-dignity were emphasized in my family and community.

Was that I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than anybody else just because I was black.

Rosa Parks Quotes on Bus
I thought of Emmett Till, and when the bus driver ordered me to move to the back, I just couldn’t move.


Arrest me for sitting on a bus? You may do that.

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