Navy quotes

Explore the courage, discipline, and resilience at sea with these inspiring Navy quotes. From legendary naval leaders to tales of bravery, find inspiration to overcome any challenge in the realm of the deep blue.

We must use time as a tool, not as a crutch.

- John F. Kennedy

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger - but recognize the opportunity.

- John F. Kennedy

The time to repair a roof is when the sun is shining.

- John F. Kennedy

Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth.

- John F. Kennedy

The human mind is our fundamental resource.

- John F. Kennedy

Politics is like football; if you see daylight, go through the hole.

- John F. Kennedy

I cannot command winds and weather.

- Horatio Nelson

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

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.

- Horatio Nelson

I am outraged that a House member has tried through this provision to breach the traditional confidentiality of individual Americans' tax returns. There is no reason for this measure, and this last-minute act violates all principles of judgment and common sense.

- John Warner

There is much more to schools than buildings. There are academic activities, how it reaches the community and its proximity to other programs.

- John Warner

War will exist until that distant day when the conscientious objector enjoys the same reputation and prestige that the warrior does today.

- John F. Kennedy

My whole world before I joined the Navy was my neighborhood in the Bronx.

- Tony Curtis

Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.

- John F. Kennedy

Desperate affairs require desperate measures.

- Horatio Nelson

No captain can do very wrong if he places his ship alongside that of the enemy.

- Horatio Nelson

Duty is the great business of a sea officer; all private considerations must give way to it, however painful it may be.

- Horatio Nelson

A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.

- John F. Kennedy

No one has been barred on account of his race from fighting or dying for America, there are no white or colored signs on the foxholes or graveyards of battle.

- John F. Kennedy

Tolerance implies no lack of commitment to one's own beliefs. Rather it condemns the oppression or persecution of others.

- John F. Kennedy