1.      The more MARINES I have around the better I like it! -(GEN. MARK CLARK, US.ARMY)

2.      We're not retreating, Hell! We're just attacking in a different direction! -(GEN. OLIVER SMITH, USMC

3.      Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue. -(Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, 16 March 1945.)

4.      A CAPTURED NORTH KOREAN MAJOR  Stated “Panic sweeps my men when they are facing the AMERICAN MARINES”

5.      I went to a land-grant college in Illinois because my family didn't have the money to send me to an Ivy League school. I had to get into the Marines to go through graduate school. I worked my way up. -(Dennis Swanson, President of ABC Sports.)

6.      I earned my stripes as a Marine, and the Corps gets full credit for straightening me out. At 17, I was young, I was unhappy and most of all, I was undisciplined. The Marine Corps was the right service in the right place at the right time. -(Art Buchwald, prize-winning syndicated columnist and humorist.)

7.      We must have the moral courage necessary to make bold decisions and accept the necessary degree of risk when the natural inclination is to choose a less ambitious tack, for 'in audacity and obstinacy will be found safety.' -(General A. M. Gray, Commandant of the Marine Corps.)

8.      I liked being in the Marines. They gave me discipline I could live with. By the time I got out, I was able to cope with things on a more realistic level. -(Steve McQueen,.)

9.      The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle! -(GEN. PERSHING, US.ARMY)

10.  I was a model Marine.. My rifle was always clean, uniform always starched, and the shoes always shined. I guess that's how I became so neat-sort of the Felix Unger of baseball roomates. Blame it on the Marines. -(Jay Johnstone, author, broadcaster and former major league outfielder.)

11.  The bended knee is not a tradition of our Corps. -(General Alexander A. Vandergrift, USMC, to the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, 5 May 1946.)

12.  I was a model Marine.. My rifle was always clean, uniform always starched, and the shoes always shined. I guess that's how I became so neat-sort of the Felix Unger of baseball roomates. Blame it on the Marines. -(Jay Johnstone, author, broadcaster and former major league outfielder.)

13.  These Marines have the swagger, confidence, and hardness that must have been in Stonewall Jackson's Army of the Shenandoah. They remind me of the Coldstreams at Dunkerque. -(General Douglas MacArthur)

14.  We're not retreating, Hell! We're just attacking in a different direction! -(GEN. OLIVER SMITH, USMC)

15.  Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem. -(PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN, 1985)

16.  So they've got us surrounded, good! Now we can fire in any direction, those bastards won't get away this time! -(CHESTY PULLER, USMC

17.  A ship without MARINES is like a garment without buttons. -ADM. DAVID PORTER, USN

18.  My experience as a Marine was a very positive thing. As an enlisted man, I learned real self- discipline... It has been immensely important to me in my business career. -J. Richard Munro, Chairman, Time Warner Inc.)

19.  Being in the Marine Corps was the best thing that ever happened to me. It can do a lot for a young guy. I owe a lot to the Marine Corps. If I had a son, I'd want him to be a Marine. -(Tom Monaghan, owner and CEO of Domino's Pizza)

20.  A Marine is never intimidated. -Tom Monaghan.

21.  With their survival as an institution and as individual human beings at stake, the Marines have had to ruthlessly and endlessly examine, discard, define, refine, and redefine their approaches to achieve the ultimate in rapid, effective response to dynamic challenges. -(David H. Freedman, Forbes Magazine)

22.  I can never again see a UNITED STATES MARINE without experiencing a feeling of reverence. -(GEN. JOHNSON, US.ARMY)

23.  It's a funny thing, but, as years go by, I think you appreciate more and more what a great thing it was to be a United States Marine... People will tell me what a shame it was I had to go back into the service a second time, but I'm kinda glad I did.. Besides, I am a U.S. Marine and I'll be one till I die. -(Ted Williams, legendary Baseball Hall of Famer.)

24.   I did learn discipline and a strong feeling about defending my country. -(Lee Trevino, Golf Hall of Famer.)

25.  The Marine Corps taught me that I could achieve my goals. In short, the Marines made me believe in myself. -(Gregory Alan-Williams, award-winning actor and author.)

26.  Now I recall the Recon Marines ragged, filthy cammie shirted young men in green paint who move silent like the fog with deadly purpose in their eyes. Swift, Silent, Deadly. I smile. -(GYSGT Correll, USMC, Retired).