Marine corps Quotes

Without discipline, there is no Marine Corps.

— R. Lee Ermey

“The US Marine Corps Historical Division”

— Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

Fleets cannot operate without bases.

— John A. Lejeune

The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps.

— Alexander Vandegrift

And once by God, I was a Marine!

— Lee Marvin

It would take one million men, one hundred years

— Keiji Shibazaki

In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.

— B. H. Liddell Hart

In the Marine Corps, everything had a purpose.

— Adam Driver

War, the ordinary man's most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary.

— Philip Caputo

It does not pay to be friendly with officers, they take advantage of you.

— William Overgard

Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there.

— Victor H. Krulak

Spread the gospel that the Marine Corps is a force that has changed. We're not in 1942 anymore.

— James F. Amos

The Marines have landed and the situation is well in hand.

— Richard Harding Davis

My brother was a captain in the Marine Corps and a very big hero in my life.

— Peter Cullen

Demonstrate to the world there is 'No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy' than a U.S. Marine.

— Anonymous

When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend.

— US Marine Corps

Why in hell can't the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can't they…

— John J. Pershing

I would happily storm hell in the company of these troops ... how strongly they have demonstrated to the world that free…

— James Mattis

I think of the U.S. Marines like we used to think of the Foreign Legion; as big mouths with big hearts.

— Catherine Leroy

The Marine Corps taught me that I could achieve my goals. In short, the Marines made me believe in myself.

— Gregory Alan Williams

You are part of the world's most feared and trusted force. Engage your brain before you engage your weapon.

— James Mattis

General [James] Mattis's primary experience - indeed, his only experience - is as a member of the United States Marine Corps, where…

— James Mattis

“Everyday US Marines make possible the impossible and then go about their business like it's just the way things are supposed to…

— Mark W Boyer

My grandpa was a World War II paratrooper, my uncle a Vietnam Purple Heart recipient, my cousins both Marine Corps officers. I…

— Tomi Lahren

O Eternal Father, we commend to Thy protection and care the members of the Marine Corps. Guide and direct them in the…

— Henry Knox Sherrill

Our mom was a super strident, capable, and strong individual. I think because she was a military wife in the Marine Corps,…

— Nancy Wilson

Our young men in Vietnam have not only acquitted themselves in an outstanding manner during combat operations, but they also have been…

— Lewis William Walt

There is more to military units than hardware. There is the character of the unit's personnel: their strengths, experience, and knowledge, their…

— Tom Clancy

...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are…

— Woodrow Wilson

From the time I left the Marine Corps after serving as an infantry platoon and company commander in Vietnam, I decided that…

— Jim Webb

The Marine Corps went from 15,000, which its strength was when I was Commandant, to approximately 400,000 when I retired, and more…

— Thomas Holcomb

“I think the Marine Corps has forgotten where Pavuvu is," one man said. "I think God has forgotten where Pavuvu is," came…

— Eugene B. Sledge

“The Japanese fought to win - it was a savage, brutal, inhumane, exhausting and dirty business. Our commanders knew that if we…

— Anonymous

“I found myself surrounded by really old veterans wearing hats that said, "Retired Marine - SEMPER FI." These hats didn't appear to…

— Mollie Gross

“Hanna started to laugh uncontrollably. "Now," Bobby told her, "say, 'I'm a dying cockroach.'" Again Hanna stopped and rolled over. "Do what?"…

— Ronald Everett Capps

Based on information from the Pentagon and estimates by analysts such as former Reagan Pentagon official Lawrence Korb, the costs of restoring…

— Daniel Benjamin

“February 23rd would go down as perhaps the most auspicious day in the overall invasion of Iwo Jima, as it was on…

— Charles River Editors

“I spent thirty-three years and four months in active military service as a member of this country's most agile military force, the…

— Smedley Butler

“Ah. Better and better. “So you’re here virtually alone, with no money, despite your claim to have a rich father and a…

— Sabrina Jeffries

Be kindly and just in your dealings with your men. Never play favorites. Make them feel that justice tempered with mercy may…

— John A. Lejeune