THE MARK TWAIN QUOTE
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off your bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover.
Mark Twain
THE JFK ANNAPOLIS QUOTE |
"I can imagine a no more rewarding career, and any man
who may be asked in this century what he did to make his
life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of
pride and satisfaction:
'I served in the United States Navy'
President John F. Kennedy
THE KELLY QUOTE
"Since 9-11 the mind set is totally dIfferent. We need to deploy, we need to live overseas, we need to be engaged. We can't just sit at home and tuck our tails in and hide."
Rear Adm. James Kelly
THE NIMITZ QUOTE
"It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy so that it will not be fought on US soil."
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
The TEDDY ROOSEVELT QUOTE
"A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guarantee of peace."
President Theodore Roosevelt
JFK QUOTE (2)
"Control of the seas means security. Control of the seas means peace. Control of the seas can mean victory. The United States must control the sea if it is to protect our security."President John F. Kennedy
THE ROYAL NAVY QUOTE
"The only traditions of the Royal Navy are Rum, Sodomy, and the Lash"
Sir Winston Churchill
THE SMITH QUOTE
"The United States Navy is the envy of every other navy in the world. They don't want to be like us - they want to be us."
Admiral Leighton Smith
THE WASHINGTON QUOTE
"Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it, everything honorable and glorious."
President George Washington
THE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT QUOTE
"Sailors have the cleanest bodies and the filthiest minds"
Eleanor Roosevelt
THE EMERSON QUOTE
"The wonder is always new that any man can be a sailor"
Ralph Waldo Emerson
THE CONRAD QUOTE
"There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting and enslaving than the life at sea."
Joseph Conrad
THE HURSTON QUOTE
"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board."
Zora Neale Hurston
THE CHURCHILL DESTROYER QUOTE
"Building slow destroyers ! One might as well breed slow race horses"
Sir Winston S. Churchill
THE CHURCHILL SUBMARINE QUOTE
"Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners."
Sir Winston S. Churchill
THE JOHN PAUL JONES QUOTE
I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast for I intend to go in harm's way.
John Paul Jones
THE ULYSSES S. GRANT QUOTE
"The art of war is simple enough. Find out where the enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on."
General Ulysses S. Grant
The POWELL QUOTE (on Submariners)
No one has done more to prevent conflict - no one has made a greater sacrifice for the cause for Peace - than you, America’s proud missile submarine family. You stand tall among our heroes of the Cold War.”
General Colin Powell
THE REAGAN QUOTE (On the U S Marine Corps)
Some people live their entire lifetime and wonder if they ever made a difference to the world.... Marines don' t have that problem.
President Ronald Reagan - September 23, 1983
THE PRATT QUOTE
The Navy is much more than a job; much more than service to country. It is a way of life. It gets in your blood.
Albert Pratt, The Honorable Assistant Secretary of the Navy 1955
THE AMERICAN SAILOR
"I have spread the mantle of my nation over the ocean, and will guard her forever.
I am her heritage, and yours. I am the American Sailor."
Anon
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