Alfred Mahan Quotes & Sayings

And then adds with a laugh, 'but in retrospect I think he may have been more sophisticated than we were.' — Dave Van Ronk

Success is a possibility and a reality to its true seeker. — Sunday Adelaja

The surer of himself an admiral is, the finer the tactical development of his fleet, the better his captains, the more reluctant must he necessarily be to enter into a melee with equal forces, in which all these advantages will be thrown away, chance reign supreme, and his fleet be place on terms of equality with an assemblage of ships which have never before acted together. — Alfred Thayer Mahan

Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished. — Alfred Thayer Mahan

There has been a constant struggle on the part of the military element to keep the end- fighting, or readiness to fight-superior to mere administrative considerations. The military man, having to do the fighting, considers that the chief necessity; the administrator equally naturally tends to think the smooth running of the machine the most admirable quality. — Alfred Thayer Mahan

Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet. — Alfred Thayer Mahan

I don't care who you are
Where you're from
What you did
As long as you love me — Backstreet Boys

I found her lying on her stomach, her hind legs stretched out straight, and her front feet folded back under her chest. She had laid her head on his grave. I saw the trail where she had dragged herself through the leaves. The way she lay there, I thought she was alive. I called her name. She made no movement. With the last ounce of strength in her body, she had dragged herself to the grave of Old Dan. — Wilson Rawls

Whether you want to be the top violinist or a CEO, strangely enough, hard work and perseverance can overcome a lot of things. — J Clifford Hudson

Just let me get moving, I thought, and the pumping blood will shake the stiffness and pain from my back and feet. — Bear Grylls

Having therefore no foreign establishments, either colonial or military, the ships of war of the United States, in war, will be like land birds, unable to fly far from their own shores. To provide resting places for them, where they can coal and repair, would be one of the first duties of a government proposing to itself the development of the power of the nation at sea. — Alfred Thayer Mahan

Those far distant, storm-beaten ships, upon which the Grand Army never looked, stood between it and the dominion of the world. — Alfred Thayer Mahan

I saw Krishnamurti speak one time. And I thought, I'm not going to live here. — Jules Shear

The study of history lies at the foundation of all sound military conclusions and practice. — Alfred Thayer Mahan

There are two types of people in the business community: those who produce results and those who give you reasons why they didn't. — John C. Maxwell

Whether they will or not, Americans must now begin to look outward. The growing production of the country demands it. — Alfred Thayer Mahan

Organized force alone enables the quiet and the weak to go about their business and to sleep securely in their beds, safe from the violent without or within. — Alfred Thayer Mahan