Profoundly inspirational navy quotes will make you look at life differently and help you live a meaningful life.
Famous Navy Quotes
A good Navy is not a provocation to war. It is the surest guaranty of peace. — Theodore Roosevelt
Navy! Never looks like it’s trying too hard – it’s understated cool. — Unknown
Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. — Zora Neale Hurston
The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat. — Unknown
To the world my son is just a sailor. But to me that sailor is my world. — Unknown
The Navy, from early on, knew this was important. They could have dumped it in the ocean. We don’t know who decided this, but someone said let’s keep it and preserve it. — Daniel Martinez
Proud Navy Mom. — Unknown
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. — Calvin Coolidge
Navy life begins at boot camp. — Unknown
The Navy speaks in symbols and you may suit what meaning you choose to the words. — Patrick O’Brian
Navy is my neutral. — Unknown
A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sailors have the cleanest bodies and the filthiest minds. — Eleanor Roosevelt
His duty is to protect our country. My duty is to support him. — Unknown
A ship is referred to as she because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder. — Chester Nimitz
Being a mom is a choice. Being a Navy mom is a privilege. — Unknown
Excellence is not a skill it’s a attitude. — Unknown
In the Navy, the path is paved for you. Your job is to be a soldier and fit in. As long as you stick to your place, it’s actually really easy. — Kiesza
The Navy has changed a great deal. Not that the officers of my day were bad, because I served under a lot of good officers, believe me. But there were a few bad ones, too. — Ernest Borgnine
If you think having toddler is tough. wait till they come home and tell you they joined the Army. — Unknown
Hearts of oak are our ships, Gallant tars are our men. — David Garrick
Every day we miss our children, worry about their safety, wait for phone calls, pray for their homecoming, cry, because our heart cannot let go, get excited over two minute call at 3 am and we know that this is nothing like sending your kid off to college. — Unknown
Every man thinks meanly of himself for not having been a soldier, or not having been at sea. — Unknown
A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been of defense that we have thought, never of aggression or of conquest. But who shall tell us now what sort of Navy to build? We shall take leave to be strong upon the seas, in the future as in the past; and there will be no thought of offense or provocation in that. Our ships are our natural bulwarks. — Theodore Roosevelt
Obviously I was challenged by becoming a Naval aviator, by landing aboard aircraft carriers and so on. — Alan Shepard
The Navy will need congressional and administration leadership in finding creative solutions for the submarine program, or the current course will continue. — Dan Blumenthal
Cowards never start. The weak never finish. Winners never quit. — Unknown
Navy Mom: Some people look up to their heroes.I gave birth to mine. — Unknown
Your soul may belong to Jesus, but your ass belongs to the marines. — Eugene B. Sledge
Set your course by the stars. Not by the lights of every passing ship. — Omar Bradley
The Navy is a master plan designed by geniuses for execution by idiots. If you’re not an idiot, but find yourself in the Navy, you can only operate well by pretending to be one. — Herman Wouk
I’m glad I was in the Navy. — Yogi Berra
The purpose of the Navy is not to fight. — Vice Admiral John Bird
We all know the Navy is never wrong, but in this case it was a little weak on being right. — Wendell Mayes
Navy Seals says when you are under pressure you don’t rise to the occasion. You sink to the level of your training. Train well. — Jon Gordon
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen. — George Washington
Proudly supporting my son as he serves. — Unknown
Life storms prove the strength of our anchored. — Unknown
There’s this misconception that the Navy is this cruise ship, and you get to go out and sail around, and every now and then, you have to swab the deck. But, no, it is a very impressive group of young people that live at sea, in this place that’s very uncomfortable. They exude a pride that is well-deserved. — Tom Hanks
Navy Seals, and you thought the sharks were the deadliest predator in the ocean. — Unknown
The Navy is very old and very wise. — Rudyard Kipling
This ship is built to fight. You’d better know how. — Admiral Arleigh Burke
Stay low, go slow, shoot first, one shot, one kill, no luck, all skill. — Unknown
I have not yet begun to fight. — Capt. John Paul Jones
I lost my heart to the ocean. — Unknown
The only easy day was yesterday. — US Navy SEAL
This mom loves her sailor. — Unknown
The heart and soul of a Navy SEAL is somebody who’s committed to their country and committed to their teammates. — Howard E. Wasdin
The world is a navy in an empty ocean. — Dejan Stojanovic
It is the function of the Navy to carry the war to the enemy, so that it will not be fought on U.S. soil. — Chester Nimitz
Neither the Army nor the Navy is of any protection, or very little protection, against aerial raids. — Alexander Graham Bel
The wonder is always new that any sane man can be a sailor. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Live Life anchored. — Unknown
The difference between a good and great officer is about ten seconds. — Admiral Arleigh Burke
The adventure begins. — Unknown
Let the sea set you free. — Unknown
The Navy has both a tradition and a future and we look with pride and confidence in both directions. — Arleigh Burke
Some people live their whole life wondering if they will ever make a difference! My son is a Us Sailor.He doesnot have that problem. — The Us Navy Mom
Navy Mom: I Raised a Hero. — Unknown
The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage. — William Bligh
The Navy ship returned fire after being fired upon. — Charlie Brown
Don’t give up the ship. — Capt. James Lawrence
The fact that these men were wearing the uniform of United States Navy made no difference. — Steve Sheinkin
Civilization ends at the waterline. Beyond that, we all enter the food chain. — Hunter S. Thompson
The only kind of movement you could make in the Navy was to be a platoon leader or one of those kinds of things as you got more senior in your Navy career. — Daniel J. Evans
Tell the men to fire faster. Fight ’til she sinks, boys. Don’t give up the ship. — Capt. James Lawrence
I left Scotland when I was 16 because I had no qualifications for anything but to join the Navy,having left school at 13. — Sean Connery
Sail it like you stole it. — Unknown
No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty. — George William Norris
Those that I fight I do not hate, those that I guard I do not love. — Wiliam Butler Yeast
If your ship does not come in. Swim out and meet it — Unknown
The Navy has a custom-if a ship runs aground, the captain is relieved regardless of who is responsible. That’s how Abu Ghraib should be handled. — Rand Beers
The Navy is much more than a job; much more than service to country. It is a way of life. It gets in your blood. — Albert F. Pratt
Heroes – You will not find their names on the back of jersey. — Unknown
I was a mechanic in the Navy. And mechanics in the Navy are like mechanics in airlines. You may have more stripes than I do, but you don’t know how to fix the airplane. — Gordon Bethune
What did the ocean say to the other ocean? Nothing just waved! — Unknown
The navy is like a socialist country. Efficiency isn’t part of the jargon. — James W. Blinn
The hardest part is watching him walk away. — Unknown
The contention that a standing army and navy is the best security of peace is about as logical as the claim that the most peaceful citizen is he who goes about heavily armed. — Emma Goldman
When you start to build a serious wardrobe, the navy blazer is the very first piece you should choose. It can be a building block for an entire work and casual wardrobe. — Derren Brown
I can’t control the winds. But I can adjust the sail. — Ricky Skaggs
The most advanced nations are always those who navigate the most. — Unknown
Lord keep my soldier safe. — Unknown
The United States Navy is the envy of every other navy in the world. They don’t want to be like us–they want to be us. — Leighton Smith
The Navy credits me with more kills as a sniper than any other American service member, past or present. — Chris Kyle
A ship in port is safe; but that is not what ships are built for. Sail out to sea and do new things. — Admiral Grace Hopper
No matter what happens, the U.S. Navy is not going to be caught napping. — Frank Knox
Believe it or not, the Navy requires plebes to actually be able to swim. — David Robinson
Navy: To find us, you must be good. To catch us, you must be fast. To beat us, you must be kidding. — Unknown
I will never quit. I persevere and thrive on adversity. … If knocked down, I will get back up, every time. — The US Navy Seals
Keep calm and love a sailor. — Unknown
We have met the enemy and they are ours. — Capt. James Lawrence
Don’t talk to me about naval tradition. It’s nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash. — Winston Churchill
It’s better to be a pirate than to join Navy. — Steve Jobs
Drinking is the soldier’s pleasure. — John Dryden
Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. — Samuel Johnson
As a Navy SEAL, and sniper, one of the things I learned was that excellence matters. — Brandon Webb
When I lost my rifle, the Army charged me 85 dollars. That is why in the Navy the Captain goes down with the ship. — Dick Gregory
My boy looks good in white. — Unknown
Hope anchored the soul. — Unknown
Navy teams have reached the area to launch an operation for the recovery of survivors or of all the bodies. — Mohammed Salman
The United States has the largest and best navy in the world. — Robert Zubrin
I am a Navy Mom. Just like a normal Mom. Except much cooler. — Unknown
Soldiers Don’t Brag But their Moms do. — Unknown
The function and Navy in any future war will be to support the dominant air arm. — Jimmy Doolittle
The US Navy has several people on every ship that can navigate by the stars. They don’t fool with that. — Bill Nye
A ship without MARINES is like a garment without buttons. — Adm. David Porter
Fate whispers to the sailor you can’t handle the storm and the sailor whispers back to the fate I am the storm.
Nobody wants to see the ship go anywhere. The Navy likes it here, and I believe the city does as well. — Richard Conti
There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required. — Prince Andrew
