Tag: Veterans Day

Quotes November 11, 2022

“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.”
Michel de Montaigne
 
 
 
 
“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys. Look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death!”
Sun Tzu
 
 
 
 
“Without heroes, we are all plain people, and don’t know how far we can go.”
Bernard Malamud
 
 
 
 
“To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with lots of pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.”
Woodrow Wilson
 
 
 
 
“In order to ensure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans’ organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower
 
 
 
 
“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
 
 
 
 
“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.”
Jimmy Carter
 
 
 
 
“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
 
 
 
 
“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
 
 
 
 
“We remember those who were called upon to give all a person can give, and we remember those who were prepared to make that sacrifice if it were demanded of them in the line of duty, though it never was. Most of all, we remember the devotion and gallantry with which all of them ennobled their nation as they became champions of a noble cause.”
Ronald Reagan
 
 
 
 
“The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.” Abraham Lincoln
 
 
 
 
“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
 
 
 
 
“We will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail.”
George W. Bush
 
 
 
 
“Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.”
Bill Shuster”
 
 
 
 
“The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.”
Jeff Miller
 
 
 
 
“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
 
 
 
 
“Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.”
Barbara Bush
 
 
 
 
“The hero is the man dedicated to the creation and / or defense of reality-conforming, life-promoting values.”
Andrew Bernstein
 
 
 
 
“It’s about how we treat our veterans every single day of the year. It’s about making sure they have the care they need and the benefits that they’ve earned when they come home. It’s about serving all of you as well as you’ve served the United States of America.”
Barack Obama
 
 
 
 
“In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.”
José Narosky

Quotes November 11, 2021

“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
 
 
 
 
“To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with lots of pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.”
Woodrow Wilson
 
 
 
 
“Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.”
Douglas MacArthur
 
 
 
 
“I’ve lived the literal meaning of the ‘land of the free’ and ‘home of the brave.’ It’s not corny for me. I feel it in my heart. I feel it in my chest.”
“The thing we all had in common wasn’t muscle; it was the will to do whatever it takes.”
Chris Kyle
 
 
 
 
“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.”
Harry S. Truman
 
 
 
 
“We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.”
Francis A. Walker
 
 
 
 
“Those that die for a good cause hover as a cloud of witnesses over the nation.”
Henry Ward Beecher
 
 
 
 
“But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.”
Nick Lampson
 
 
 
 
“We don’t know them all, but we owe them all.”
Unknown

Quotes November 11, 2020

“The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.”
Jeff Miller
 
 
 
 
“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
 
 
 
 
“America’s Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.”
John Doolittle
 
 
 
 
“The hero is the man dedicated to the creation and / or defense of reality-conforming, life-promoting values”
Andrew Bernstein
 
 
 
 
“Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared to death.”
Gen. Omar Bradley
 
 
 
 
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
 
 
 
 
“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
Douglas MacArthur
 
 
 
 
“Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it… it flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.”
Unknown
 
 
 
 
“To those in uniform serving today and to those who have served in the past, we honor you today and every day.”
Unknown

Quotes November 11, 2019

Images November 11, 2017