Veterans Day Remembrance Quotes

Veterans Day Remembrance Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Richard Watson Gilder, George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Jeff Miller and many others.

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

Lord, bid war’s trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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
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
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
We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
John F. Kennedy
The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
Jeff Miller
When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?
George Canning
Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.
Bill Shuster
This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
Elmer Davis
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
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
Maya Angelou
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
Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.
Carol Lynn Pearson
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Patrick Henry
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
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.
Michel de Montaigne
Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.
Bernard Malamud