Memorable Famous Marine Corps Quotes

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"The Marine Corps is not a job; it’s a way of life."
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"Improvise, Adapt, Overcome."
U.S. Marine Corps Motto
"Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman."
Gen. Robert B. Neller
"Marines don’t know how to spell the word defeat."
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"A few good men."
The U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Slogan
"To be a Marine is to carry the legacy of honor."
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"Semper Fidelis means always faithful, and it changes your life."
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"The Marines are a very proud organization, and we have to show that pride that’s been instilled in us."
Sgt. Maj. John L. Estrada
"I sleep well at night because I am a Marine."
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"We are not retreating. We are advancing in another direction."
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
"Serve with pride, and you will never regret a moment."
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"The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle."
Gen. Pershing
"There’s no such thing as an ex-Marine."
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"Marines are not born; they are made."
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"The world is not an easy place; it is a tough world, and you have to be tough to get through."
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"When you’re surrounded by the enemy, you’re in the right place."
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"It is more than just physical; it is mental and spiritual."
Gen. James F. Amos
"Do the job, get it done, and get out of the way."
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"You are not here to be average. You are here to be awesome."
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"Adapt and overcome the challenges in front of you."
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"The Marine Corps institution over its history has proven itself to be a formidable fighting force."
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"Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence."
Sheryl Sandberg
"The Marine Corps is not a job. It is a way of life."
Unknown
"Improvise, adapt, and overcome."
US Marine Corps Motto
"A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit."
Arnold H. Glasow
"It’s not how you start the race, it’s how you finish."
General Charles C. Krulak
"No man is a man who does not have a code, a man who does not know right from wrong."
General James Mattis
"We’re not here to mark time, we’re here to make a difference."
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"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don’t have that problem."
Ronald Reagan
"There are only two kinds of people that understand Marines: Marines and the enemy. Everyone else is just a spectator."
R. Lee Ermey
"The epitome of valor, courage, and strength encapsulated in the Marine spirit."
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"Semper Fidelis is an oath we take to our nation as well, for the nation that has provided us freedom and opportunity."
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"The most difficult victories are those that are achieved without firing a shot."
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"If you want to be a Marine, you have to be able to be more than just a soldier."
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"The Marine Corps is a way of living, not just a way of dying."
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"No one is left behind – we fight for each other and we come home together."
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"I don’t care how tough you are, you have to have motivation. You have to have a purpose."
General Mattis
"Marines don’t know how to quit, nor do we give up on each other."
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"If all of us would be willing to die for a cause we believe in, we would change the world."
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"You can’t surge trust."
General Charles Krulak
"Adapt, improvise and overcome, that’s our motto. And that’s something we do best."
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"To be a Marine is to be a warrior. Nothing else matters."
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"Every Marine a rifleman, every Marine a leader."
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"Success is where preparation and opportunity meet."
Zig Ziglar
"The Marine Corps is a brotherhood, a commitment to each other that extends beyond duty."
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"Every Marine is, first and foremost, a rifleman. All other conditions are secondary."
General A. M. Gray
"We’re not just here to do a job. We’re here to make a difference."
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"There are no bad days in the Marines, only tough days that will make you stronger."
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"The Marine Corps is the most magnificent community that man has ever created."
General James Mattis
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better."
Theodore Roosevelt
"It’s not the will to win that matters. Everyone has that. It’s the will to prepare to win that matters."
Paul Bryant
"Adapt and overcome."
Unknown
"The Marine Corps is the only branch of service that develops leaders from the day a recruit joins."
General James N. Mattis
"No better friend, no worse enemy."
Unknown
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn’t thinking."
General George Patton
"Marines know how to keep their heads when all about them are losing theirs."
Unknown
"Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one."
Bruce Lee
"The more you sweat in peace, the less you bleed in war."
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"Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world. But the Marines don't have that problem."
Ronald Reagan
"The best way to predict the future is to create it."
Peter Drucker
"The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team."
Phil Jackson
"Acta non verba (Deeds, not words)."
Unknown
"Lead, follow, or get out of the way."
Unknown
"Victory favors the prepared."
Unknown
"The Marine Corps is the only place where you can get a shuffle for a dollar."
Unknown
"The few, the proud, the Marines."
U.S. Marine Corps Motto
"Marines are not given to whining. We do what needs to be done."
Gen. Charles C. Krulak
"There are no atheists in foxholes."
Unknown
"We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our training."
Archilochus
"I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth."
3 John 1:4 (often quoted in Marine context)
"Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth."
Mike Tyson
"It's not about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."
Rocky Balboa
"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."
Nelson Mandela
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
Mahatma Gandhi
"Victory is not the absence of defeat; it is the presence of the will to win."
Unknown
"A few good men, that's all it takes to make the difference."
Unknown
"The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph."
George Washington
"Adapt, improvise, and overcome."
U.S. Marine Corps Slogan
"Lead by example, not by words."
Unknown
"Duty, Honor, Country."
General Douglas MacArthur
"Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom."
Gen. George S. Patton
"No plan survives contact with the enemy."
Helmuth von Moltke
"Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value."
Jim Rohn
"The Marines have landed, and the situation is well in hand."
Unknown
"The best of the best."
Unknown
"We are all the sum total of our experiences."
Unknown
"The only easy day was yesterday."
Navy SEALs
"Adapt, improvise, overcome."
U.S. Marine Corps
"Pain is weakness leaving the body."
U.S. Marine Corps
"Once a Marine, always a Marine."
U.S. Marine Corps
"Deeds, not words."
U.S. Marine Corps
"We’re not here to be average; we’re here to be awesome."
U.S. Marine Corps
"Every Marine is a rifleman first."
General Robert B. Neller
"The difficult we do immediately; the impossible takes a little longer."
U.S. Marine Corps
"Semper Fidelis, always faithful."
U.S. Marine Corps
"Courage is endurance for one moment more."
General John F. Kelly
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."
George Washington
"You are never beaten until you admit it."
General George S. Patton
"Victory belongs to the most persevering."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"The Marines are always ready for action."
Former Commandant of the Marine Corps
"In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years."
Abraham Lincoln
"There is no substitute for victory."
General Douglas MacArthur
"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
Thomas Paine
"Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without strategy."
General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
"Freedom is not free."
U.S. Marine Corps
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."
Thomas Jefferson
"You cannot be in the Marine Corps and not be a fighter."
General James Amos
"You can’t put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get."
Michael Phelps
"A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons."
Admiral David D. Porter
"The Marines are a different breed; they’re a force of nature."
Former Marine
"We’re not looking for a fight. We’re looking to make a point."
Unknown Marine
"It is the Marine who fights the war; the POGs support him."
Unknown Marine
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