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Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

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"The South understood the portentous meaning of Grant's promotion to lieutenant general: the North would have a fearless, aggressive commander who would ferociously exploit the North's full resources in manpower and material...

Still his failure to pursue [Robert E.] Lee after Gettysburg revealed that [George] Meade was not a bold, enterprising leader in the mold of either Grant or Lee." - Grant by Ron Chernow

Ulysses S. Grant was the first person to hold that rank since George Washington. It wasn't lightly given.

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

Have a new Quotes for Today up on my Substack. As I've mentioned doing this as a way to thank those who have Subscribed. If you are a Subscriber - you would have received an email. Thanks!

 "A good plan, violently exercised now, is better than a perfect plan next week." - General George S. Patton

Like many military men, Patton believed in action. Likewise Ulysses S. Grant believed that speed and timing were more important than "having every soldier in perfect position." Not sure where this belief was first adopted but it has proved successful during the ages.

Likewise:

"Robert Johnson wrote that the word happiness comes from to happen. Our happiness is what happens." - Jeff Bridges

Our success and happiness in life comes from our actions. Be sure to act now - don't wait. Tomorrow is promised to no man.

The imperishable story of Grant's presidency was his campaign to crush the Ku Klux Klan. Though the Klan, white supremacists tried to overturn the Civil War's outcome and restore the status quo ante. No southern sheriff would arrest the hooded night riders who terrorized black citizens and no southern jury would convict them. Grant had to cope with a complete collapse of evenhanded law enforcement in the erstwhile Confederate states. In 1870 he oversaw creation of the Justice Department, its first duty to bring thousands of anti-Klan indictments.

Ulysses S. Grant staunch enemy of the Ku Klux Klan and founder of the Justice Department. Who knew?

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The visions we offer our children shape the future. It matters what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophesies. Dreams are maps." - Carl Sagan

"Labor disgraces no man, unfortunately, you can occasionally find men who disgrace labor." - Ulysses S. Grant

"Being right is the enemy of staying right because it leads you to forget the way the world works." - Jason Zweig

"Rules for happiness: something to do, someone to love, something to hope for." - Immanuel Kant 

"A serial failure up until the Civil War, Grant had a talent for leadership that secured the Union. His strategy and style still offer valuable lessons for today's executives."

I hope to tackle the Ron Chernow biography of Grant this summer.

Some quotes I hope may resonate with you.

"The visions we offer our children shape the future. It matters what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophesies. Dreams are maps." - Carl Sagan

"Labor disgraces no man, unfortunately, you can occasionally find men who disgrace labor." - Ulysses S. Grant

"Being right is the enemy of staying right because it leads you to forget the way the world works." - Jason Zweig

"Writing is 50% thinking, 5% typing, [and] 45% deleting the bad parts." - Morgan Housel

Stuff I found interesting or amusing and thought I'd share.

- The general wisdom of Ulysses S. Grant

- Life advice from Warren Buffett

- 4 steps for self-leadership

- The audio recordings of the Feynman Lectures on Physics (1961-64) are now publicly available

Today is the anniversary of Robert E. Lee surrendering to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox in 1865.  One of the most important dates in US history goes by with little or no mention and we wonder why kids today seem so uninformed.