Profoundly inspirational marine corps quotes will encourage you to think a little deeper than you usually would and broaden your perspective.
Famous Marine Corps Quotes
There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else has a second hand opinion. Gen. William Thornson, U.S. Army
Never let technology get in the way of progress Marine MSgt Gary Grintstead
Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share. Ned Dolan
For a split second I was fearful because I knew I wasn’t going to survive, but then I was OK because at least I was going out with a bang.
They’re on our right, they’re on our left, they’re in front of us, they’re behind us; they can’t get away from us this time. Col. Lewis B. Chesty Puller, USMC
I would happily storm hell in the company of these troops how strongly they have demonstrated to the world that free men and women can fight like the dickens. Gen. James Mad Dog Mattis
The Marine Corps is supposed to be the toughest and most rigorous of its class. Adam Driver
If officers desire to have control over their commands, they must remain habitually with them, industriously attend to their instruction and comfort, and in battle lead them well. Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson, 1861
There’s a mindset of flexibility and adaptability that comes with us. We don’t mind hardship. We don’t mind somebody saying, ‘Go in and do this nasty job.’ Whatever the job is, we can do it. That’s why the nation has a Marine Corps. James F. Amos
We go forward with our heads held high, but look back and remember where we come from. Col. Michael Hudson | 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit
One of the first things I learned in the Marine Corps is that any military mission has to be defined as precisely as you can possibly define it, and then you size the force and equipment force to accomplish that mission without fail. John Glenn
They say ‘you can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them drink.’ In the Marine Corps, you make that horse wish to hell he had. USMC Drill Instructor
The Marine Corps has just been called by the New York Times, ‘The elite of this Country’. I think it is the elite of the world. William Halsey
The Marine Corps took a boy and made him a man. Cpl. Edwin C. Bearss, 1942
Tell that to the Marines. Franklin D. Roosevelt
In war, the chief incalculable is the human will. B.H. Liddell Hart
The United States Marine Corps, with its fiercely proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. Thomas E. Ricks
Marines don’t know how to spell the word defeat Gen. James N. Mattis | U.S. Central Command
We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them. Woodrow Wilson
A unit, regardless of size, is a disciplined family structure, with similar relationships based on mutual respect among members.
And all of these together, as much as any campaign the Marine Corps has ever pursued, have brought an unrelenting, never ceasing pride to all of us who have ever claimed the title of United States Marine. Jim Webb
It is essential that issues and problems, which tend to lessen a unit’s effectiveness, be addressed and resolved.
The safest place in Korea was right behind a platoon of Marines. Lord, how they could fight!
Issues detracting from the efficiency and sense of well being of an individual should be surfaced and weighed against the impact on the unit as a whole.
A Marine is a Marine. I set that policy two weeks ago there’s no such thing as a former Marine. You’re a Marine, just in a different uniform and you’re in a different phase of your life. But you’ll always be a Marine because you went to Parris Island, San Diego or the hills of Quantico. There’s no such thing as a former Marine.
It must be recognized that a brotherhood concept depends on all members, belonging being fully accepted by others within.
I come in peace; I didn’t bring artillery. But I am pleading with you with tears in my eyes: If you fuck with me, I’ll kill you all.
A Marine on duty has no friends. Marine Corps proverb
Marines I see as two breeds, Rottweilers or Dobermans, because Marines come in two varieties, big and mean, or skinny and mean. They’re aggressive on the attack and tenacious on defense. They’ve got really short hair and they always go for the throat. RAdm. R. Stark, USN
To observe a Marine, is inspirational. To be a Marine, is exceptional. GySgt Charles F. Wolf, Jr.
We’re a family, the Marine Corps. We take care of each other, and that includes supporting the spouses and families of Marines who are left behind during a deployment. We all take care of one another. Brad Milton
This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave Elmer Davis (1890-1958)
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death. Omar N. Bradley
I have just returned from visiting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world! General Douglas MacArthur, US Army
Hell, these are Marines. Men like them held Guadalcanal and took Iwo Jima. Baghdad ain’t shit. Marine Major General John F. Kelly
I’ve always been proud of being a Marine. I won’t hesitate to defend the Corps. Jonathan Winters, comic and Marine
In the Marine Corps, everything had a purpose. Adam Driver
The Marines have landed and the situation is well in hand. Richard Harding Davis
I still need Marines who can shoot and salute. But I need Marines who can fix jet engines and man sophisticated radar sets, as well. Robert E. Cushman Jr
Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary. A. M. Gray
We signed up knowing the risk. Those innocent people in New York didn’t go to work thinking there was any kind of risk. Pvt. Mike Armendariz-Clark, USMC; Afghanistan, 20 September 2001
The Marine Corps is supposed to be the toughest and most rigorous of its class. Adam Driver
The Marine Corps is proud of the fact that it is a force of combined arms, and it jealously guards the integrity of its air ground team. Keith B. McCutcheon
The United States Marine Corps, with its fiercely proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. Thomas E. Ricks
Marines know how to use their bayonets. Army bayonets may as well be paper weights.
The Marines I have seen around the world have the cleanest bodies, the filthiest minds, the highest morale, and the lowest morals of any group of animals I have ever seen. Thank God for the United States Marine Corps! Eleanor Roosevelt
We’re really talking about the Army and Marine Corps here for almost all these ground combat jobs. They want to move in a careful, deliberate manner. Renee Montagne
In the Marine Corps, everything had a purpose. Adam Driver
Why in hell can’t the Army do it if the Marines can. They are the same kind of men; why can’t they be like Marines. Gen. John J. Black Jack Pershing, USA; February 1918
We’re really talking about the Army and Marine Corps here for almost all these ground combat jobs. They want to move in a careful, deliberate manner. Renee Montagne
The United States Marine Corps, with its fiercely proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. Thomas E. Ricks
A Marine should be sworn to the patient endurance of hardships, like the ancient knights; and it is not the least of these necessary hardships to have to serve with sailors. Bernard Montgomery
The raising of that flag on Suribachi means a Marine Corps for the next five hundred years.
Marines die, that’s what we’re here for. But the Marine Corps lives forever. And that means YOU live forever. Phil Hartman
