My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.

Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere, accomplished.

Although a soldier by profession, I have never felt any sort of fondness for war, and I have never advocated it, except as a means of peace.

There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.

Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.

I know only two tunes: one of them is "Yankee Doodle," and the other isn't.

My failures have been errors in judgment, not of intent.

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

If you see the President, tell him from me that whatever happens there will be no turning back.

Nations, like individuals, are punished for their transgressions.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten, then he who continues the attack wins.

I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer.

If men make war in slavish obedience to rules, they will fail.

I have never advocated war except as a means of peace.

It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training.

No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.

The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.

I know no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their stringent execution.

Let us have peace.

I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.

I have made it a rule of my life to trust a man long after other people gave him up, but I don't see how I can ever trust any human being again.

Declare Church and State forever separate and distinct, but each free within their proper spheres, and that all church property shall bear its own proportion of taxation.

I know only two tunes: one of them is 'Yankee Doodle', and the other isn't.

I would suggest the taxation of all property equally, whether church or corporation, exempting only the last resting place of the dead and possibly, with proper restrictions, church edifices.

In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten then he who continues the attack wins.

Leave the matter of religion to the family altar the church and the private school supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.

The will of the people is the best law.

With tens of thousands of patients dying every year from preventable medical errors, it is imperative that we embrace available technologies and drastically improve the way medical records are handled and processed.

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.

The man who cannot endure to have his errors and shortcomings brought to the surface and made known, but tries to hide them, is unfit to walk the highway of truth.

Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.

Indubitably, magic is one of the subtlest and most difficult of the sciences and arts. There is more opportunity for errors of comprehension, judgment and practice than in any other branch of physics.

Conscience is the mirror of our souls, which represents the errors of our lives in their full shape.

Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of action without thought.

Therefore let men withdraw themselves from errors; and laying aside corrupt superstitions, let them acknowledge their Father and Lord, whose excellence cannot be estimated, nor His greatness perceived, nor His beginning comprehended.

Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

With reference to other religions, the Church sees a great difference between them and herself. The other religions are expressions of the human soul seeking God, with some beautiful spiritual insights, but also not without errors. Christianity is rather God seeking humanity.

A man of genius makes no mistakes; his errors are volitional and are the portals of discovery.

There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth.

Love never dies a natural death. It dies because we don't know how to replenish it's source. It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals. It dies of illness and wounds; it dies of weariness, of witherings, of tarnishings.

If you shut the door to all errors, truth will be shut out.

To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.

Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.

I have tried to lift France out of the mud. But she will return to her errors and vomitings. I cannot prevent the French from being French.

Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.