Tag: Remembering 9/11

Are you trying to post something on social media in remembrance of the tragic events on September 11, 2001? If you are searching for inspirational words, check out the following quotes to remember 9/11.

1. “September 11 impressed upon us that life is a precious gift. Every life has a purpose. And I think we all have a duty to devote at least a small portion of our daily lives to ensuring that neither America nor the world ever forgets September 11.” – Bill Frist
2. “September 11 shocked many Americans into an awareness that they had better pay much closer attention to what the U.S. government does in the world and how it is perceived. Many issues have been opened for discussion that were not on the agenda before. That’s all to the good.” – Noam Chomsky
3. “Americans never quit.” — Douglas MacArthur
4. “For me and my family personally, September 11 was a reminder that life is fleeting, impermanent, and uncertain. Therefore, we must make use of every moment and nurture it with affection, tenderness, beauty, creativity, and laughter.” — Deepak Chopra
5. “Our task, in the aftermath of September 11, was and continues to be the transformation of the effects of evil into something beautiful and good.” – Marianne Williamson
6. “September 11 is one of our worst days, but it brought out the best in us. It unified us as a country and showed our charitable instincts and reminded us of what we stood for and stand for.” – Lamar Alexander
7. “The lesson of 9/11 is that America is truly exceptional. We withstood the worst attack of our history, intended by our enemies to destroy us. Instead, it drew us closer and made us more united. Our love for freedom and one another has given us a strength that surprised even ourselves.” — Rudy Giuliani
8. “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” — Harry S. Truman
9. “Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to honor those we lost, a way to reclaim that spirit of unity that followed 9/11.” –  Barack Obama
10. “September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage.” – Geraldine Brooks
11. “What separates us from the animals, what separates us from the chaos, is our ability to mourn people we’ve never met.” — David Levithan
12.  “If we learn nothing else from this tragedy, we learn that life is short and there is no time for hate.” – Sandy Dahl, wife of Flight 93 pilot Jason Dahl.
13. “You can be sure that the American spirit will prevail over this tragedy.” – Colin Powell
14. “Time is passing. Yet, for the United States of America, there will be no forgetting September the 11th. We will remember every rescuer who died in honor. We will remember every family that lives in grief. We will remember the fire and ash, the last phone calls, the funerals of the children.” — George W. Bush
15. “Remember the hours after September 11 when we came together as one! It was the worst day we have ever seen, but it brought out the best in all of us.” – John Kerry
16. “When Americans lend a hand to one another, nothing is impossible. We’re not about what happened on 9/11. We’re about what happened on 9/12.” — Jeff Parness
17. “September 11, 2001, seems destined to be the watershed event of our lives and the greatest test for our democracy in our lifetimes.” — Lt. Col. Shelton F. Leskford, U.S. Marine Corps
18. “On that terrible day, a nation became a neighborhood, all Americans became New Yorkers.” George Pataki, former Governor of New York
19. “What happened on September 11 compels us to focus on who we are as Americans, what we stand for, what really matters in our lives—family, friends, faith and freedom.” – Bob Taft
20. “It was as if real life had been canceled for the day.” ― Jennifer Weiner