Service Commitment Quotes

This is not the time to marry. My country is calling me. I have taken a vow to serve the country with my heart and soul.

One of the things that's difficult for people to understand is when you join the military, you don't sign up as an endorsement of any particular policy of the moment.

The dedication it must take to be part of R.O.T.C. was always interesting to me.

There's a tradition of public service in my family. I'm one of three boys that joined the military. My father was in the Peace Corps.

When active duty ends, we have an obligation to uphold our own pledge: a pledge to ensure that every veteran receives the care and benefits they deserve.

Norman Hooten's dedication and commitment to serving his fellow veterans is what VA is all about.

In the Ford Motor Company, we emphasize service equally with sales.

Shall This Continue? Join the Navy.

I am not going to apologize for my service to the country.

I served 40 years in government, and I'm not looking forward to a position or an assignment. Of course, I have always said if a president asks you to do something, you have to consider it. But I am in no way interested in returning to government. But I, of course, would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me.

Service is life. No service means, spiritually no life.

If the Army helped towards my tuition fees I would then give them four years of my life.

It's service, not status, that counts.

The Navy runs their process. The House of Representatives doesn't do anything about their process. We do not select. Navy officers select.

I will always serve my country in any capacity, but I'm very happy with what I'm doing right now.

I've always had this core belief in public service. Even before I became a citizen, I volunteered in the Army.

If the king refuses the constitution, I shall oppose him; if he accepts it, I shall defend him; and the day on which he gave himself up as my prisoner secured me more fully to his service than if he had promised me half his kingdom.

I want to be the best president I can be for every American.

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.

I cannot be expected to behave like a film star when I have decided to serve my people. They have voted for me with expectations, and I cannot take them for granted.

Nicknamed 'Mad-Dog Mattis' by his men, he was a command warrior in the old George Patton mode. He wasn't an armchair general by any definition of that much-maligned term. If a Marine re-upped at a location where he was present, he would personally go to that Marine and thank him or her for rejoining.

There is nothing for me to be sour about. What you got to understand is that I'm a military man. We usually do my shift for four or five years and then you got to move on.

My time in the Army gave me an understanding for what it takes to provide for our national security and what it means to our service members and their families.

Americans have an expectation that the Postal Service will abide by its well-known, although unofficial, motto - a commitment to deliver.

I thought to myself, Join the army. It's free. So I figured while I'm here I'll lose a few pounds.