8 Quotes by Joe Wheeler

When Lincoln was asked if God was on the Union’s side, Lincoln’s unvarying response was that what was really important was whether they were on God’s side.

Lincoln grew immeasurably as he came to think of himself as an “instrument of God’s will.

Man’s glory lies not, Lincoln thought, in ‘his goodness,’ for this is often nonexistent. He derives glory, instead, from his being made in the image of the Living God.

We took all of those lessons from the first house and applied it to this house.

Each job is going to be different, and without knowing the specifics of the job they were talking about, I could not (tell you why),

They had this huge, enormous bank of batteries and just ran them into the ground, ... I think it's against the spirit of the competition, but I don't want to sound like a sore sport. ... In retrospect I wouldn't have done anything different.

The new standard calls for employers to provide cool drinking water, and enough of it for each worker to have one quart per employee per hour worked. That's a lot of water to have all at once, so fortunately the standard allows employers to replenish supplies throughout the day.

He still comes by some mornings and eats breakfast with me.