Meritorious Service Quotes

As an improvement in our military establishment, it will deserve the consideration of Congress whether a corps of invalids might not be so organized and employed as at once to aid in the support of meritorious individuals excluded by age or infirmities from the existing establishment, and to procure to the public the benefit of their stationary services and of their exemplary discipline.

I had a 20-year, stellar government career.

I think anyone who gets the Nobel Prize has to be a little bit embarrassed to be picked out when there have been so many people who have contributed.

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.

I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.

Well, I have a CBE and I accepted it with glee because it's not bestowed on you by the royal family, it's not bestowed on you by the government, you have to be nominated by the public.

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

To be part of the All-Star group is a great honor. It means a lot.

I was surprised to hear that I would receive an MBE and have no idea where the nomination originated but I'm incredibly grateful.

Does success, a clean record and experience count for anything in Milwaukee?

Before they got through with this thing, everybody got in the act.... They ordered over 7,000 medals to be awarded for an action that probably would have required 1,200 or 1,500 people.

People who get OBEs are people like firefighters and lifesavers - these are real-life heroes.