Read These Inspiring Quotes in Honor of Veteran's Day This Year
Alas, Veterans Day has arrived. It's important that we use this day (November 11) to remember and honor America's patriots who have fought so hard for our country. Different from other patriotic holidays like the 4th of July and Memorial Day—Veterans Days acts as a time where we thank all of the men and women who have served in the military at one point or another. While thanking them for what they have done can seem like an impossible job, a great way to start is by reading these Veterans Day quotes to appreciate their act of service.
This list is full of patriotic quotes that will help put into perspective the great lengths they've gone through. This quote by John F. Kennedy is a great example: “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” Others on this list are inspiring quotes for those who need a reminder of the freedom our country has. This quote by Bob Dylan serves the purpose: “A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.” In all, it's important to remember just why we have Veterans Day, so read these quotes as a way to replenish your appreciation.
Benjamin Disraeli
“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.”
Bob Dylan
“A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.”
Joseph Campbell
“A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”
Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
“It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.”
Daniel Webster
“Their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.”
Francis A. Walker
“We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them.”
Eleanor Roosevelt
“Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.”
Henry Ward Beecher
“Those that die for a good cause hover as a cloud of witnesses over the nation.”
Thomas William Parsons
“On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!”
George S. Patton Jr.
“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.”
G.K. Chesterton
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.”
Bob Riley
“I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.”
Elmer Davis
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”
Michael N. Castle
“Fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor.”
Thomas Campbell
“The patriot’s blood is the seed of freedom’s tree.”
Wallace Bruce
“Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.”
Herbert Hoover
“Here men endured that a nation might live.”
Michel de Montaigne
“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.”
Louis de Bernières
“No man is a man until he has been a soldier.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Any nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure.”
George Marshall
“The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere who bravely bears his country’s cause.”
Douglas MacArthur
“Duty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.”
Harry S. Truman
“Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid.”
John F. Kennedy
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
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