What are some of your favorite motivational quotes and stories?

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:18:53 -0400

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

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:35:37 -0400

"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

SSgt Charles Edwards — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:39:16 -0400

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

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

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 00:43:05 -0400

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

CPT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 02:05:03 -0400

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

Sgt Matt Koeneman — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 04:37:16 -0400

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

MAJ Ken Landgren — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 08:39:17 -0400

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

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

SSgt Jeremy Eddy — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 08:41:51 -0400

"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

SSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 09:15:24 -0400

“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

SSG (ret) William Martin — Thu, 09 Jul 2015 23:28:00 -0400

“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

PO1 John Miller — Fri, 10 Jul 2015 03:55:10 -0400

“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

MSgt Gilberto Bazo — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 09:12:53 -0400

Quitting is not an option!!

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

MSgt Gilberto Bazo — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 09:13:56 -0400

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

SrA Alan Dirk Scott — Wed, 27 Dec 2017 11:39:49 -0500

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

SFC Patricia Tucker — Sun, 19 Apr 2020 13:16:09 -0400

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