Able Quote by Chester W. Nimitz

Of the Marines on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

— Anonymous

“The valor of a country may be learned by the bravery of its soldiery, and the general cast of its inhabitants, but confidence of…

— Thomas Paine

Valor is the soldier's adornment.

— Livy

The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and…

— Bill Frist

The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

For the mission's sake, our country's sake, and the sake of the men who carried the Division's colors in the past battles - who…

— James Mattis

We had a master sergeant present us with the Bronze Star of Valor he had gotten because he had felt we were the eighth…

— David Draiman

Since the birth of our nation, the steady performance of the Marine Corps in fighting America's battles has made it the very symbol of…

— Clare Boothe Luce

Throughout my professional life, I have looked upon the Corps as a most valuable part of our naval organization, and this opinion has only…

— Samuel Francis Du Pont

At no period of the naval history of the world, is it probable that Marines were more important than during the War of the…

— James F. Cooper

War is brutish, inglorious, and a terrible waste... The only redeeming factors were my comrades' incredible bravery and their devotion to each other. Marine…

— Eugene B. Sledge

The first mark of valor is defence.

— Philip Sidney