Quotes to Live By

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.  ~Albert Einstein

Character is higher than intellect.  ~ Emerson

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it.  Autograph your work with excellence.  ~Author Unknown

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Quotes of General Robert E. Lee:

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

Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.

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

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

Quotes of General Thomas Jackson:

“Duty is ours; consequences are God’s.”

What is life without honor? Degradation is worse than death.

“Captain, my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me.” He added, after a pause, looking me full in the face: “That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave.”