Veterans Day Quotes

So shines a good deed... in a weary world.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear; Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.

On the battlefield, the military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge that when they return home, we leave no veteran behind.

If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace.

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.

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.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

I want you to know, that you deserve the best. You're beautiful.

Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.

Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.

We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

Freedom lies in being bold.

Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem.

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.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it.

How can faceless bureaucrats in an intelligence agency deny brave soldiers a chance to tell the truth?

To honor our national promise to our veterans, we must continue to improve services for our men and women in uniform today and provide long overdue benefits for the veterans and military retirees who have already served.

As a 22-year Army Veteran who served in Operations Desert Storm and Iraqi Freedom, and as a Civilian Advisor to the Afghan Army in Operation Enduring Freedom, I understand both the gravity of giving the order, and the challenge of carrying it out.

To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn 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.

We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.

These are the times that try men's souls.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

In valor there is hope.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.

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.

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.

They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!

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.

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.

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"

America's veterans and troops serving abroad today fought hard to preserve our red, white and blue, from the Revolutionary War to today's Global War Against Terrorism, and Congress' action today is appropriate for one of our most sacred symbols.

We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay.

Any soldier worth his salt should be antiwar. And still there are things worth fighting for.

It is not only the living who are killed in war.

We have met the enemy and they are ours.

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

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

I was there. I saw your sons and your husbands, your brothers and your sweethearts. I saw how they worked, played, fought, and lived. I saw some of them die. I saw more courage, more good humor in the face of discomfort, more love in an era of hate and more devotion to duty than could exist under tyranny.