“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and often as you can, and keep moving on.”— Ulysses S. Grant, amazon.com
“[Grant was] all absorbed, all-observant, silently inscrutable, he controls and moves his armies as he does his horse.”— Brooks Simpson, amazon.com
“I believe it has never been in my misfortune to be placed where I have lost my presence of mind.”— Ulysses S. Grant, amazon.com
“'Are you sure?' 'No, I am not, but in war anything is better than indecision. We must decide. If I am wrong, we shall soon find it out and can do the other thing. But not to decide wastes both time and money and may ruin everything.”— Ulysses S. Grant, amazon.com
“[Grant] takes what troops we can safely give him... and does the best with what he's got.”— Abraham Lincoln, amazon.com
“One of my superstitions had always been when I started to go anywhere or to do anything, not to turn back or stop until the thing had been accomplished.”— Ulysses S. Grant, amazon.com
“Grant's ability to keep moving on, to overcome obstacles, to prevail somehow, someway, was a testament to some inner strength that weathered periods of difficulty, depression, and self-doubt.”— Brooks Simpson, amazon.com
“I'm 67, but I'm not too old to make a fresh start. I've been through a lot of things like this. It prevents a man from being inflicted with ennui.”— Thomas Edison, amazon.com
“I've been in the inventor business for 33 years and my experience is that for every problem the Lord has made, He has also made a solution. If you and I can't find the solution, the let's honestly admit that you and I are damn fools but why blame it on the Lord and say He created something 'impossib…”— Thomas Edison, amazon.com
“Hell, there ain't no rules around here! We're trying to accomplish something.”— Thomas Edison, amazon.com
“I have never felt better in my life than during the 5 years I worked here. Hard work, nothing to divert my thoughts, clear air, simple food made life very pleasant.”— Thomas Edison, amazon.com
“If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to the examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search.”— Nikola Tesla, amazon.com