Chuck Norris Quotes

I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud.

In the Marines, I was stunned, absolutely stunned, at everything around me, at what the world looked like.

People think of the military as being about guns and fighting wars, but it's really about service to country and community.

My four years in the Marine Corps left me with an indelible understanding of the value of leadership skills.

One day, you'll get out of the Marine Corps; you'll put your uniform up, but you'll never not be a Marine.

My grandfather was a commander in the Navy. He was very proud of his service, and he lived his entire life as though he was still serving.

My father and brothers were in the military.

My dad always had huge respect for the British Army. He always thought it was one of the best. And I think it changed his life - those seven years in that Army.

Talking to people who have served was eye-opening and left me with a huge amount of respect for what they do.

Everything I do in my political life is colored by my military service. It was the defining moment in my life and helped me develop the leadership skills that I still utilize.

Military service might sound like a totally different environment, but every experience you fall back on later, it makes you smarter. Why wouldn't that be true of the military, too?

My military experience... I can recall so many different emotions from that.

I am indebted to the Indian Army, from my birth till now; I have grown and imbibed the indomitable spirit of this fighting force.

I come from a military family.

The dedication of the United States Air Force, Special Forces, and others involved in the mission to tracking down terrorists can not be matched. We express our gratitude to these men and women who defend the freedom America represents.

Joining the military is not to be taken lightly. You're putting every part of yourself at risk, not just your body but your moral and spiritual centre.

My brother was a captain in the Marine Corps and a very big hero in my life.

I wouldn't trade those 10 years for anything. The Navy taught me a lot of things. It molded me as a man, and I made a lot of wonderful friends.

I learned about life before I went into the theater, which is why I've been so happy. I was a soldier.

I think it's really important for people to hear what our men and women in the military have to say.

Once an Armyman, always an Armyman.

As young West Point cadets, our motto was 'duty, honor, country.' But it was in the field, from the rice paddies of Southeast Asia to the sands of the Middle East, that I learned that motto's fullest meaning. There I saw gallant young Americans of every race, creed and background fight, and sometimes die, for 'duty, honor, and their country.'

I was in the army, and to me it was like a newsreel.

The military infrastructure grew me. My faith in God is important, my belief in my country is important, my relationship to my family is important, the things that Mom and Dad tell you growing up are important.

I knew what my father, more than anything else, wanted me to do. Seventeen, vain, and spoiled by poems, I prepared to enter a remote West Point. I would succeed there, it was hoped, as he had.