Everyone has his superstitions. One of mine has always been when I started to go anywhere or to do anything never to turn back or to stop until the thing intended was accomplished.

— Ulysses S. Grant

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.

— Ulysses S. Grant

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

— Ulysses S. Grant

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.

— Ulysses S. Grant

I have never advocated war except as a mean of peace

— Ulysses S. Grant

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

— Ulysses S. Grant

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

— Ulysses S. Grant

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

— Ulysses S. Grant

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

— Ulysses S. Grant

I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly

— Ulysses S. Grant