Aids Quote by Chester W. Nimitz

The admiral needs only one science, that of navigation. The general needs all the sciences.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Recollect that you must be a seaman to be an officer and also that you cannot be a good officer without being a gentleman.

— Horatio Nelson

A captain of the Navy ought to be a man of strong and well connected sense, with a tolerable good education, a gentleman, as…

— John Paul Jones

Every Sailor has the potential to lead," said Mullen, "I don't care if it's a seaman recruit or someone higher ranking than myself. Where…

— Michael Mullen

In my opinion, any navy less than that which would give us the habitual command of our own coast and seas would be little…

— John C. Calhoun

“Building a naval power takes generations, not so much to develop the necessary technology as to pass along the accumulated experience that creates good…

— George Friedman

Every seaman is not only a navigator, but a merchant and also a soldier.

— William Petty

The Navy is very old and very wise.

— Rudyard Kipling

“The Seaman’s Practice,”

— Bill Bryson

I wish to reiterate all the reasons which [my predecessor] has presented in favor of the policy of maintaining a strong navy as the…

— William Howard Taft

For every Seaman of Industry and Ingenuity, is not only a Navigator, but a Merchant, and also a Soldier.

— William Petty

Believe it or not, the Navy requires plebes to actually be able to swim.

— David Robinson