Inspiring Quotes for Marines in Boot Camp: A Collection of Strength

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope or confidence."

- Helen Keller

"Vision enables you to glimpse into the future, to sense its hope and power, because you yourself are the means for that future's creation."

- Sara Paddison

"When a goal matters enough to a person, that person will find a way to accomplish what at first seemed impossible."

- Nido Qubein

"Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal -- a commitment to excellence -- that will enable you to attain the success you seek."

- Mario Andretti

"I've worked too hard and too long to let anything stand in the way of my goals. I will not let my teammates down and I will not let myself down."

- Mia Hamm

"The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence."

- Confucius

"You need to overcome the tug of people against you as you reach for high goals."

- George S. Patton

"Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence."

- Buddha

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."

- Henry David Thoreau

"Success is waking up in the morning, whoever you are, wherever you are, however old or young, and bounding out of bed because there's something out there you love to do, that you believe in, that you're good at - something that's bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at it again today."

- Whit Hobbs

"There isn't a ruler, a yard stick or a measuring tape in the entire world long enough to compute the strength and capabilities inside you."

- Paul J. Meyer

"Cherish your visions and your dreams. They are the children of your soul, the blueprints of your ultimate achievements."

- Napoleon Hill

"Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy."

- Norman Vincent Peale

"Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward."

- Victor Kiam

"Believe you can and you’re halfway there."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"If you make the Lord your refuge, if you make the Most High your shelter, no evil will conquer you; no plague will come near your home. For He will order His angels to protect you wherever you go. They will hold you up with their hands so you won’t even hurt your foot on a stone. You will trample upon lions and cobras; you will crush fierce lions and serpents under your feet."

- Psalm 91:9-13

"The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it."

- Molière

"None of us will become perfect in a day or a month or a year. We will not accomplish it in a lifetime, but we can begin now, starting with our more obvious weaknesses and gradually converting them to strengths as we go forward with our lives. This quest may be a long one: in fact, it will be lifelong. It may be fraught with many mistakes, with falling down and getting back up again. And it will take much effort. But we must not sell ourselves short. We must make a little extra effort. We would be wise to kneel before our God in supplication. He will help us. He will bless us. He will comfort and sustain us. He will help us to do more, and be more, than we can ever accomplish or be on our own."

- Gordon B. Hinckley

"Success is to be measured not so much by the position reached in life, as by the obstacles overcome while trying to succeed."

- Booker T. Washington

"We are not here to play, to dream, to drift; We have hard work to do, and loads of lift; Shun not the struggle–“tis God’s gift. BE STRONG!"

- Maltbie Davenport Babcock

"Endurance is one of the most difficult disciplines, but it is to the one who endures that the final victory comes."

- Gautama B.

"Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect."

- Robert A. Heinlein

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals."

- Zig Ziglar

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift."

- Steve Prefontaine

"A champion is someone who gets up, even when they can’t."

- Natalie Rogers

"Remember, the storm is a good opportunity for the pine and the cypress to show their strength and their stability."

- Ho Chi Minh

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on."

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, til it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn."

- Harriet Beecher Stowe

"I believe in myself and all my possibilities. I turn doubt into dreams and fears into excitement. I lean upon God’s power within me, knowing that this energy motivates and supports me in all ways."

- Doreen Virtue

"The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary."

- Vince Lombardi

"You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have."

- Bob Marley

"It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, but the size of the fight in the dog."

- Archie Griffen

"It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up."

- Babe Ruth

"I am not afraid of storms for I am learning how to sail my ship."

- Louisa May Alcott

"Reach high, for stars lie hidden in your soul. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal."

- Pamela Vaull Starr

"He conquers who endures."

- Persius

"When things go wrong, as they sometimes will, When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, When the funds are low and the debts are high, And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, When care is pressing you down a bit, Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit."

- Author unknown

"And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, in fact, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in."

- Haruki Murakami

"Life is queer with its twists and turns, As every one of us sometimes learns, And many a failure turns about, When he might have won had he stuck it out; Don’t give up though the pace seems slow– You may succeed with another blow."

- Author unknown

"The sky is no longer the limit."

- Richard Nixon

"I am a kind of burr; I shall stick."

- William Shakespeare

"Missing someone gets easier everyday because even though you are one day further from the last time you saw them, you are one day closer to the next time you will."

- Author Unknown

"Our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall."

"Success is not to be measured by the position that one has reached in life, but the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed."

"Without hard work, nothing grows but weeds."

"What this power is, I cannot say. All I know is that it exists…and it becomes available only when you are in that state of mind in which you know exactly what you want…and are fully determined not to quit until you get it."

"So celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed."

"A winner is one who accepts his failures and mistakes, picks up the pieces, and continues striving to reach his goals."

"A man who wants something will find a way; a man who doesn’t will find an excuse."

"Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true."

"Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you don’t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!"

"Fighting for your dreams isn’t always easy but it’s so worth it."

"And remember, if it’s raining, then I’m training and if it’s snowing then I’m going!"

"You are strong!"

"Every day in every way, you are getting stronger."

"I hope you’re as proud of yourself as I am of you."

"The key to success is to focus on goals, not obstacles"

"You can do it."

"I believe in you."

"Hang in there."

"You’re almost done!"

"I’ll see you soon!"

"We’re at the halfway point!"

"Believe you can do it."

"I’m so proud of you."

"You’re capable."

"You can and you will get through this."

"You’ve got this!"

"Keep your head up."

"Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow; it empties today of its strength."

"God is a place of safety you can run to, but it helps if you are running to Him on a daily basis so that you are in familiar territory."

"Every step in your life’s journey is a choice."

"Life is a series of choices between the bad, the good, and the best. Everything depends on how we choose."

"Life is a gift; respect is EARNED."

"Life is not a spectator sport so get off the sidelines and get in the game."

"You’re brave."

"Only one thought at a time, one step at a time, one day at a time."

"Just because you might need to take it slow, it doesn’t mean you’re stopping."

"Staying in your comfort zone never improved anyone"