What are some of your favorite motivational quotes and stories?

2015-07-09T00:18:53-04:00

I really am hoping to get a few quotes that some of you all live by.

Thank you!

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 9 at 2015 12:35 AM

2015-07-09T00:35:37-04:00

"Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum" - Let he who desires peace, prepare for war.
- Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus - Circa 475 A.D.

Response by SSgt Charles Edwards made Jul 9 at 2015 12:39 AM

2015-07-09T00:39:16-04:00

Do or do not. There is no try. -Yoda

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 9 at 2015 12:43 AM

2015-07-09T00:43:05-04:00

One of my favorites to live by:
"History is filled with the sound of silken slippers going downstairs and wooden shoes coming up." ~Voltaire

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 9 at 2015 2:05 AM

2015-07-09T02:05:03-04:00

Illegitimi non carborundum - don't let the bastards grind you down. Pseudo Latin apparently and allegedly from the Brits in WWII. Regardless I have always liked it.

Response by Sgt Matt Koeneman made Jul 9 at 2015 4:37 AM

2015-07-09T04:37:16-04:00

Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem.”

― Ronald Reagan

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Jul 9 at 2015 8:39 AM

2015-07-09T08:39:17-04:00

If you live with pure intentions, you will have less regrets.

Response by SSgt Jeremy Eddy made Jul 9 at 2015 8:41 AM

2015-07-09T08:41:51-04:00

"I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." --Ralph Waldo Emerson :)

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 9 at 2015 9:15 AM

2015-07-09T09:15:24-04:00

“I have been asked what I mean by “word of honor.” I will tell you. Place me behind prison walls—walls of stone ever so high, ever so thick, reaching ever so far into the ground—there is a possibility that in some way or another I might be able to escape; but stand me on the floor and draw a chalk line around me and have me give my word of honor never to cross it. Can I get out of that circle? No, never! I’d die first.” - Karl G. Maeser

Response by SSG (ret) William Martin made Jul 9 at 2015 11:28 PM

2015-07-09T23:28:00-04:00

“Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.”
Source: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jul 10 at 2015 3:55 AM

2015-07-10T03:55:10-04:00

“I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.” ~ John F Kennedy

Response by MSgt Gilberto Bazo made Aug 24 at 2017 9:12 AM

2017-08-24T09:12:53-04:00

Quitting is not an option!!

Response by MSgt Gilberto Bazo made Aug 24 at 2017 9:13 AM

2017-08-24T09:13:56-04:00

I told my grandson when he left for OCS that if it was easy everyone would do it.

Response by SrA Alan Dirk Scott made Dec 27 at 2017 11:39 AM

2017-12-27T11:39:49-05:00

One day I watched an interview of Mother Teresa. The reporter tried to nail her to the proverbial wall. He asked her how she could serve a God who let people starve? She fired back, “People starve because we don’t share.” We could solve world hunger for 20 billion dollars the exact same amount America spends on ice cream in a year.

Response by SFC Patricia Tucker made Apr 19 at 2020 1:16 PM

2020-04-19T13:16:09-04:00

The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me. (Ayn Rand)