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Top 20 Chester Nimitz Quotes (2025 Update)

Chester Nimitz Quote: “God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.”

1. “God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.”

— Chester Nimitz

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Chester Nimitz Quote: “When you’re in command, command.”

2. “When you’re in command, command.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”

3. “Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.”

4. “Leadership consists of picking good men and helping them do their best.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “If you’re not making waves, you’re not under weigh.”

5. “If you’re not making waves, you’re not under weigh.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “Luck can be attributed to a well-conceived plan carried out by a well-trained and indoctrinated task group.”

6. “Luck can be attributed to a well-conceived plan carried out by a well-trained and indoctrinated task group.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of view, in the defeat of Japan.”

7. “The Japanese had, in fact, already sued for peace. The atomic bomb played no decisive part, from a purely military point of view, in the defeat of Japan.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.”

8. “We shall never forget that it was our submarines that held the lines against the enemy while our fleets replaced losses and repaired wounds.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “Some of the best advice I’ve had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.”

9. “Some of the best advice I’ve had comes from junior officers and enlisted men.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.”

10. “Hindsight is notably cleverer than foresight.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “The enemy of our games was always Japan, and the courses were so thorough that after the start of World War II, nothing that happened in the Pacific was strange or unexpected.”

11. “The enemy of our games was always Japan, and the courses were so thorough that after the start of World War II, nothing that happened in the Pacific was strange or unexpected.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “I have just taken on a great responsibility. I will do my utmost to meet it.”

12. “I have just taken on a great responsibility. I will do my utmost to meet it.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “The best that science can devise and that naval organization can provide must be regarded only as an aid, and never as a substitute for good seamanship.”

13. “The best that science can devise and that naval organization can provide must be regarded only as an aid, and never as a substitute for good seamanship.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.”

14. “The battle of Iwo Island has been won. The United States Marines by their individual and collective courage have conquered a base which is as necessary to us in our continuing forward movement toward final victory as it was vital to the enemy in staving off ultimate defeat.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”

15. “By their victory, the 3rd, 4th and 5th Marine Divisions and other units of the Fifth Amphibious Corps have made an accounting to their country which only history will be able to value fully. Among the Americans who served on Iwo Island, uncommon valor was a common virtue.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “A ship is always referred to as ‘she’ because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.”

16. “A ship is always referred to as ‘she’ because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making.”

17. “Through the skill and devotion to duty of their armed forces of all branches in the Midway area our citizens can now rejoice that a momentous victory is in the making.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “We must not again underestimate the Japanese.”

18. “We must not again underestimate the Japanese.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “No other island received as much preliminary pounding as did Iwo Jima.”

19. “No other island received as much preliminary pounding as did Iwo Jima.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.”

20. “Our present control of the sea is so absolute that it is sometimes taken for granted.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “The reason we call ships “she” is that it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.”

21. “The reason we call ships “she” is that it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.”

— Chester Nimitz

Chester Nimitz Quote: “They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation.”

22. “They fought together as brothers in arms; they died together and now they sleep side by side. To them we have a solemn obligation.”

— Chester Nimitz

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