"I do not remember that you and I ever met personally. I write this now as a grateful acknowledgment for the almost inestimable service you have done for the country. I wish to say a word further. When you first reached the vicinity of Vicksburg... I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I that the expedition could succeed... I feared it was a mistake. I now wish to make the personal acknowledgment that you were right, and I was wrong." - Lincoln
He went out of his way to humble himself before General Grant after his pivotal Civil War victory. That last sentence is simple yet powerful, one worth rehearsing as a skill.
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