Honoring Our Veterans Quotes:

Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Country, Veterans Day, Brother, Military Soldier, Military Veteran

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

- Michel de Montaigne

topic: Memorial Day, Courage, Veterans Day, Memorial Day Thank You, War Veteran

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

topic: Life, Change, Wise, Military History, Military Leader

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

- Billy Graham

topic: Motivational, Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Inspirational Courage, Memorial Day Heroes

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

- Joseph Campbell

topic: Inspiring, Courage, Veterans Day, Something Bigger Than Yourself, Inspirational Military

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

- John F. Kennedy

topic: Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving, I Am Thankful, Inspirational Gratitude

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

- Nathan Hale

source: Before being executed as a spy by the British, 22 September 1776, in Henry Phelps Johnston 'Nathan Hale, 1776' (1914) ch. 7.

topic: Inspirational, Life, Country, Independence Day Patriotic, American Revolution

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

- Mark Twain

topic: Thank You, Memorial Day, Courage, Independence Day Patriotic, Inspirational Patriotic

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other ***** die for his.

- George S. Patton

source: Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

topic: Country, War, Soldiers At War, Inspirational Military, Military Force

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

- Norman Schwarzkopf

source: Norman Schwarzkopf (2010). “It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf”, p.13, Bantam

topic: Inspiring, Courage, Veterans Day, Soldiers At War, Inspirational Military

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding go out to meet it.

- Thucydides

source: Thucydides, Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (1960). “The History of the Peloponnesian War”, Oxford University Press, USA

topic: Positive, Courage, Vision, Inspirational Military, Memorial Day Messages

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.

- Ronald Reagan

source: First Inaugural Address, delivered 20 January 1981

topic: Courage, War, Patriotic, Formidable, War On Terror

While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.

- Randy Neugebauer

topic: Country, Veterans Day, Military, Memorial Day Heroes, Countrymen

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.

- Ronald Reagan

source: Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books

topic: Strength, Peace, Children, Independence And Freedom, Inspirational Freedom

The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.

- Jeff Miller

topic: Thanksgiving, Country, Veterans Day, Memorial Day Messages, Memorial Day Poems

The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.

- George Washington

topic: Military, War, People, Memorial Day Soldiers, Military Memorial

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

- Harry S. Truman

topic: Country, Memorial Day, Gratitude, Memorial Day Heroes, Fallen Hero

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

- Abraham Lincoln

topic: Veterans Day, Liberty, Civil Rights, Christian Veterans Day, Constitution Of The United States

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

- Maya Angelou

topic: Veterans Day, Women, Hero, Fireman, Women Equality

The sacrifices made by veterans and their willingness to fight in defense of our nation merit our deep respect and praise - and to the best in benefits and medical care.

- Sue Kelly

topic: Sacrifice, Fighting, Defense, Veterans Day Poems, Veterans Day Thank You

Congress should stop treating veterans like they're asking for a hand out when it comes to the benefits they were promised, and they should realize that, were it not for these veterans, there would be nothing to hand out.

- Nick Lampson

topic: Inspiring, Memories, Hands, Honoring Our Veterans, Honoring Veterans

This year's Veterans Day celebration is especially significant as our country remains committed to fighting the War on Terror and as brave men and women are heroically defending our homeland.

- John Doolittle

topic: Country, Veterans Day, War, Veteran's Day, Thank A Veteran

We make war that we may live in peace.

- Aristotle

topic: Strength, Veterans Day, Peace, War Veteran, Fighting Battles

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

- Douglas MacArthur

topic: Veterans Day, Military, Soldier, Soldiers At War, Never Fade

Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.

- Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers

topic: Memories, Fighting, Glory, Memorial Day Messages, Memorial Day Poems

Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

- John F. Kennedy

source: Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

topic: Inspirational, Memorial Day, Freedom, Inaugural Speech, Independence And Freedom

Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.

- George Bernard Shaw

topic: Veterans Day, Peace, War, Make Peace Not War, Peace Not War

All of my high school male teachers were WWII and/or Korean War veterans. They taught my brothers and me the value of service to our country and reinforced what our dad had shown us about the meaning of service.

- Oliver North

topic: Country, Teacher, Veterans Day, Korean War, War Veteran

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

- Sidney Sheldon

topic: Thank You, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Memorial Day Thank You, Protect And Serve

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

- Patrick Henry

topic: Inspirational, Courage, Veterans Day, Soldiers At War, Forged

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

- Elmer Davis

topic: Veterans Day, Courage, Memories, India Independence Day, Independence Day

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

- Charles Rangel

source: "Fighting for Those Who Fight for Us" by Charles Rangel, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2013.

topic: Country, Veterans Day, Sacrifice, Veteran's Day, Veterans And Freedom

Thank you for the sacrifices you and your families are making. Our Vietnam Veterans have taught us that no matter what are positions may be on policy, as Americans and patriots, we must support all of our soldiers with our thoughts and our prayers.

- Zach Wamp

topic: Thank You, Memorial Day, Prayer, Veteran Appreciation, Veteran's Day

Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

- Winston Churchill

source: Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

topic: Life, Inspiring, Graduation, Just Give Up, Just Stay Strong

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"

- Eve Merriam

topic: Mother, Dream, Peace, Acts Of Violence, War Veteran

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

- Sun Tzu

source: Sun Tzu “Sun Tzu: The Art of War (Illustrated)”, Charles River Editors

topic: Thank You, Veterans Day, Art, War Strategy, War Veteran

But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.

- Thomas Dunn English

source: Thomas Dunn English (1885). “The Boy's Book of Battle-lyrics: A Collection of Verses Illustrating Some Notable Events in the History of the United States of America, from the Colonial Period to the Outbreak of the Sectional War”

topic: Country, 4th Of July, Monument, Memorial Day Messages, Memorial Day Poems

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

- Cynthia Ozick

source: Jamake Highwater (1997). “The Mythology of Transgression: Homosexuality as Metaphor”, Oxford University Press, USA

topic: Thank You, Thanksgiving, Thankful, Spiritual Gratitude, Inspirational Gratitude

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

- Arthur Koestler

topic: Military, War, Men, Soldiers At War, War Veteran

On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.

- Dan Lipinski

topic: Veterans Day, Our Veterans, Promise, Live Free, Wounded Veterans

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

- John Doolittle

topic: Country, Veterans Day, America, Patriotic Veteran, Christian Veterans Day

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

- Dick Cheney

source: "Painkiller Deathstreak" by Nicholson Baker, www.newyorker.com. August 9, 2010.

topic: Taken, 4th Of July, Patriotic, Independence And Freedom, Independence Day

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

- Bernard Malamud

source: Bernard Malamud (2003). “The Natural: A Novel”, p.148, Macmillan

topic: Inspirational, Inspiring, Veterans Day, Memorial Day Heroes, War Veteran

Have the courage to act instead of react.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

topic: Courage, Veterans Day, Fear, Veteran Appreciation, Veteran's Day

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.

- Ronald Reagan

source: United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1984). “Ronald Reagan”

topic: Veterans Day, Money, Peace, War Veteran, Great War

Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

topic: Veterans Day, Peace, War, Military Veteran, Support Our Troops

Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that's a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It's a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it.

- Pete Hegseth

topic: Country, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Memorial Day Messages, Memorial Day Poems

It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

- Zell Miller

source: 2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 1 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

topic: Veterans Day, Military, Army, Joining The Army, Joining The Military

Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

- Winston Churchill

topic: Courage, Yield, Giving, Special Forces, Overwhelming Force

Twenty-five million veterans are living among us today. These men and women selflessly set aside their civilian lives to put on the uniform and serve us.

- Steve Buyer

topic: Veterans Day, Men, Selfless, Veterans Day Inspirational, Veterans Day Poems