Veterans Day Appreciation Quotes:

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

America's veterans deserve the very best health care because they've earned it.

- Jim Ramstad

topic: America, Care, Veteran, Wounded Veterans, Veteran Appreciation

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

- George Canning

source: George Canning (1826). “Poetical Works ...: Comprising the Whole of the Satires, Odes, Songs, and Other Poems”, p.26

topic: Thankful, Gratitude, Sleep, Thankful Heart, Veteran Appreciation

The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.

- Judd Gregg

topic: Country, Veterans Day, Military, Inspirational Military, Wounded Veterans

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

- George S. Patton

topic: Inspirational, Veterans Day, Military, Military General, Military Man

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

Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.

- Richard Watson Gilder

source: Richard Watson Gilder (1900). “Five Books of Song”

topic: Veterans Day, Men, Iron, Memorial Day Poems, Memorial Day Remembrance

But fame is theirs - and future days On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise; Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead - "These for their country fought and bled."

- Philip Freneau

source: Philip Morin Freneau (1861). “Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Illustrative of the Events and Actors in the American War of Independence”, p.293

topic: Country, Memorial Day, Pillars, Memorial Day Remembrance, Veteran Appreciation

I am concerned for the security of our great Nation; not so much because of any threat from without, but because of the insidious forces working from within.

- Douglas MacArthur

source: Douglas MacArthur's speech to the Texas Legislature in Austin (June 13, 1951) as quoted in "General MacArthur Speeches and Reports 1908-1964" edited by Edward T. Imparato (p. 175), June 14, 2000.

topic: Military, Gun, Force, Military Memorial, Insidious

Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.

- Aristotle

topic: Veterans Day, Military, Faces, Military Memorial, Veteran Appreciation

The most certain way of ensuring victory is to march briskly and in good order against the enemy, always endeavouring to gain ground.

- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor

topic: Veterans Day, War, Order, Veteran Appreciation, Veterans Day Appreciation

Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to completely new territories, one can expect merely a long wearing away of oneself and an eventual extinction.

- Jean Dubuffet

topic: Goodbye, Long, Territory, Veterans Day Appreciation, Goodbye Love

The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it.

- Robert H. Schuller

topic: Inspirational, Life, Truth, Soldiers At War, Inspirational Military

We make war that we may live in peace.

- Aristotle

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

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

- George S. Patton

topic: Courage, Veterans Day, Fear, Inspirational Courage, Military General

In Congress, while the House's proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare and disability pay. Be clear: we can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense.

- Jennifer Granholm

topic: Cutting, House, Pay, Defense Spending, Patriotic 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

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

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

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

America's veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.

- Steve Buyer

topic: Veterans Day, Years, America, Military Veteran, Veteran Appreciation

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

- Gilbert K. Chesterton

source: Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

topic: Courage, Veterans Day, Strong, Strong Desire, Be Courageous

There never was a good war or a bad revolution.

- Edward Abbey

source: Edward Abbey (1998). “The Fool's Progress: An Honest Novel”, p.140, Macmillan

topic: Veterans Day, Peace, War, Causes Of War, War Cry

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

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

Have the courage to act instead of react.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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