1.
If fear is cultivated it will become stronger, if faith is cultivated it will achieve mastery.
John Paul Jones
2.
I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harm's way.
John Paul Jones
3.
It is by no means enough that an officer should be capable. . . . He should be as well a gentleman of liberal education, refined manners, punctilious courtesy, and the nicest sense of personal honor. . . . No meritorious act of a subordinate should escape his attention, even if the reward be only one word of approval. Conversely, he should not be blind to a single fault in any subordinate.
John Paul Jones
4.
I have not yet begun to fight!
John Paul Jones
5.
He who will not risk cannot win.
John Paul Jones
6.
It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.
John Paul Jones
7.
Whoever can surprise well must conquer.
John Paul Jones
8.
It is true that I must run a great risk; no gallant action was ever accomplished without danger.
John Paul Jones
9.
An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.
John Paul Jones
10.
I may sink, but I'll be damned if I strike!
John Paul Jones
11.
You understand why some animals eat their young.
John Paul Jones
12.
Where men of fine feeling are concerned there is seldom misunderstanding.
John Paul Jones
13.
I would lay down my life for America but I cannot trifle with my Honor.
John Paul Jones
14.
Nothing exciting ever happens to me.
John Paul Jones
15.
...without a Respectable Navy, Alas America!
John Paul Jones
