Honor Our Fallen Heroes by Reading These Memorial Day Quotes
Memorial Day weekend is often filled with fun activities. If you're prone to a good BBQ, you're probably anticipating firing up the grill for an epic Memorial Day meal. You may even enjoy a nice pool day, where you're either swimming like an Olympian or chilling by the side with a refreshing cocktail in hand. These are all great ways to celebrate, but it's also important to remember the meaning of the holiday and why Americans observe it year after year. It's all about commemorating the fallen men and women who have braved their lives for this country's freedom. If you're looking for ways to reflect on such a topic, then you've come to the right place. Here, you'll find some amazing quotes that get the essence of Memorial Day just right.
These Memorial Day quotes help give a reason to commemorate the sacrifice made for this country. Like a patch of red poppies, each and every one of these patriotic quotes will remind you just how exceptional these soldiers really were, and how much their lives mattered. As Wallace Bruce says, “Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.” The patriotism is real, folks! Now go ahead and take a stroll through these best Memorial Day quotes, and let us know which ones spoke to you the most.
Get ready for Memorial Day with some more ideas:
Carrie Jones
“The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.”
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“He who is brave is free.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
“One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one Nation, evermore!”
George Washington
“Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.”
Thomas Campbell
“To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”
Homer
“Without a sign his sword the brave man draws and asks no omen but his country's cause.”
Colonel David Hackworth
“Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.”
John Milton
“Freely we serve, because we freely love, as in our will to love or not; in this we stand or fall.”
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
“Our own heart, and not other men's opinions, forms our true honor.”
John F. Kennedy
“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Elmer Davis
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”
Bob Dylan
“A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.”
Calvin Coolidge
“Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.”
James A. Garfield
“For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.”
Wallace Bruce
“Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.”
Theodore Roosevelt
“Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.”
Sgt. Major Bill Paxton
“May we never forget our fallen comrades. Freedom isn’t free.”
Judd Gregg
“The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy.”
Bob Riley
“I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.”
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
St. Ambrose
“No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”
Robert G. Ingersoll
“He loves his country best who strives to make it best.”
Charles E. Jefferson
“A man is a patriot if his heart beats true to his country.”
Billy Graham
“Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.”
Calvin Coolidge
“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”
Daniel Webster
“Let their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.”
Norman Schwarzkopf
“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.”
George Bernard Shaw
“Liberty is the breath of life to nations.”
Paul Tsongas
“America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor.”
Lupita Nyong'o
“Dreams are the foundation of America.”
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