Unselfishly, you left your fathers and your mothers, You left behind your sisters and your brothers. Leaving your beloved children and wives, You put on hold, your dreams – Anon.
There is something about going to sea. A little bit of discipline, self-discipline and humility are required. – Prince Andrew
Valor, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule — these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature. – Bhagavad Gita
How happy is the sailors life, from coast to coast to roam; in every port he finds a wife, in every land a home. – Isaac Bickerstaffe
Admiral. That part of a warship which does the talking while the figurehead does the thinking. – Ambrose Bierce
I made all my generals out of mud. – Napoleon Bonaparte
The greatest general is he who makes the fewest mistakes. – Napoleon Bonaparte
I am convinced that the best service a retired general can perform is to turn in his tongue along with his suit, and to mothball his opinions. – Omar Bradley
What makes a regiment of soldiers a more noble object of view than the same mass of mob? Their arms, their dresses, their banners, and the art and artificial symmetry of their position and movements. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron
The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash. – Sir Winston Churchill
War is too important a matter to be left to the military. – Georges Clemenceau
There is nothing more enticing, disenchanting, and enslaving than the life at sea. – Joseph Conrad
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten. – Calvin Coolidge
I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else. – Oliver Cromwell
Come on, you sons of bitches! Do you want to live forever? – Daniel Daly
We know, Mr. Weller — we, who are men of the world — that a good uniform must work its way with the women, sooner or later. – Charles Dickens
I must have the gentleman to haul and draw with the mariner, and the mariner with the gentleman. I would know him, that would refuse to set his hand to a rope, but I know there is not any such here. – Sir Francis Drake
