Quotes About Grant

Grant was something rare in that or any war. He could learn from experience.

Whatever shortcomings they might develop under pressure (Grant's, for instance, was said to be whiskey; hearing which, the President was supposed to have asked what brand he drank, intending to send a barrel each to all his other generals)

[T]he first bad bank loan was no doubt made around the time of the opening of the first bank.

Surely once in a life God will grant the earnest entreaty of a loving heart.

Lord, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love, with all my heart. With all my heart.

President Obama has regularly granted special access to reporters who give him preferential coverage.

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General Grant's decision has now been made for him. After months and years of men obeying his every order, he bows to an even greater authority than the president of the United States: his wife.

Grant for a very long time. The president appears so happy that

While the scars of the monstrous Civil War still remain, the wounds have closed since 1865, in large part, because of the civility of Grant and Lee.

I think I've been wishing for celebrity for so long that I've got used to being someone who's petitioning the establishment for acceptance... my whole schtick, my whole identity, is so wrapped up in being a petitioner that I don't really know how to react now that petition has been granted.

Sometimes at twilight the grey vapours of the horizon have parted to grant me glimpses of the ways beyond;

When a person is loved, they are granted the strength of all seas.

The mightiest love was granted him Love that does not expect to be loved.

Well, I grant you the adage that it is useless to bolt the stable door when the horse has been stolen. But what shall be said of the ostler who doesn't know—won't even 'inquire' whether—the horse HAS been stolen, grand-papa?

Because the child does not have the power to withhold consent, she does not have the power to grant it.

Zwar hatte er anfangs keine Ahnung vom Vogelschutz gehabt; dafür war er in zwei Jahrzehnten an einem geisteswissenschaftlichen Lehrstuhl zum Experten im Beantragen von Fördermitteln geworden. Als die neuen Kollegen erkannten, mit welcher Leichtigkeit er EU-Dokumente ausfüllte und Antragsbegründungen formulierte, hatten sie schnell begonnen, ihn zu lieben.

I'm not going to get involved in a debate with you. Just remember this: the gods give, and the gods take away. Even if you are not aware of having been granted what you posses, the gods remember what they gave you. They don't forget a thing. You should use the abilities you have been granted with the utmost care.

It is important to understand how leaders have adapted and thought about war and warfare across their careers. 'The Autobiography of General Ulysses S. Grant: Memoirs of the Civil War' is perhaps the best war memoir ever written.

Bill Clinton's incredibly bold idea was to change the grant to a transaction: we'll give you something, but we demand something back; the way he would phrase it is, 'We'll give you opportunity, but you have to take responsibility.'

Prayers, also, are of avail to procure those things which He foreknew that He would grant to those who offered them.

May the Almighty grant that the cause of truth, justice, and humanity, shall in no wise suffer at my hands.

The kids were probably with Grant. And if Grant was out in the park, well Ã¢â'¬Â¦ what better person to get them safely through Jurassic Park than a dinosaur expert?

Mason also objected that permitting the president to grant pardons even in cases of treason was dangerous because he might pardon crimes "which were advised by himself.