Branches Quote by Winston Churchill

Like the destroyer, the submarine has created its own type of officer and man with language and traditions apart from the rest of the…

— Rudyard Kipling

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“The thing about a marine is that they can be the nicest men and women you will ever meet, but when it comes to…

— Joshua Mcnutt

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocating its crew and floundering at sea.

— H. G. Wells

The sea - this truth must be confessed - has no generosity. No display of manly qualities - courage, hardihood, endurance, faithfulness - has…

— Joseph Conrad

Ships are to little purpose without skillful Sea Men.

— Richard Hakluyt

Ships are but boards, sailors but men.

— William Shakespeare

I was fascinated by the [operation] of a U-boat ... where every single man was an indispensable part of the whole. Every submariner, I…

— Karl Donitz

Men who do not contend in earnest can have little warmth and fervor in what they undertake, and are more than half prepared to…

— William Godwin

“no man who rises to command of a United States naval ship can possibly be a coward. And”

— Herman Wouk

Great men are never sufficiently shown but in struggles.

— Edmund Burke

Possessed of courage but devoid of morality, a superior man will make trouble while a small man will be a brigand.

— Confucius