Tag: Veterans Day Quotes

Today, November 11, 2024, is Veterans Day. Using quotes on social media is one of the easiest ways to honor and celebrate the holiday. If you are searching for the right words to say, consider one of the following quotes for Veterans Day.

1. “May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please but as the opportunity to do what is right.” — Peter Marshall
2. “This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”‒ Elmer Davis
3. “America’s veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.” -Steve Buyer
4. “Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
5. “One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one Nation, evermore!” — Oliver Wendell Holmes
6. “How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
   ‒ Maya Angelou
7. “Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.” – Michel de Montaigne
8. “Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.” – Douglas MacArthur
9. “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
10. “We’re blessed with the opportunity to stand for something — for liberty and freedom and fairness. And these are things worth fighting for, worth devoting our lives to. And we have good reason to be hopeful and optimistic.” — Ronald Reagan
11. “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
12. “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell
13. “Freedom is never free.” – Unknown
14. “When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?” –  Michel de Montaigne
15. “The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.” – Judd Gregg
16. “Wherever the standard of freedom and independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will be America’s heart, her benedictions and her prayers be.” — John Quincy Adams
17. “Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude.” – Harry S. Truman
18. “America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand.” — Harry Truman
19. “And we must never forget that it is the mighty arm of the American warrior — never bending, never breaking, never yielding — generation after generation that secured for us the blessings of a nation that still stands today as the beacon of liberty, democracy, and justice around the world.” — Joe Biden
20. “The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.” -Jeff Miller
21. “Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.” – G.K. Chesterton
22. “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
23. “On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.” — Dan Lipinski
24. “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” – Winston Churchill
25. “Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don’t have that problem.” – Ronald Reagan
26. “Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history.” — Mary Roach
27. “America without her soldiers would be like God without his angels.” — Claudia Pemberton
28. “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” — Cynthia Ozick
29. “I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget.” — George W. Bush
30. “Spending time with America’s soldiers is always inspiring.” — John Boehner
31. “These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor – and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.” — Michael N. Castle
32. “But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.” — Nick Lampson
33. “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” – Arthur Ashe
34. “Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.” — Lucius Annaeus Seneca
35. “America’s veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.”
    ‒ John Doolittle
36. “ A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.” – Bob Dylan
37. “…The military pledges to leave no soldier behind. As a nation, let it be our pledge…that we leave no veteran behind.” – Dan Lipinski
38. “We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf.” — George Orwell
39. “In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” – Jose Narosky
40. “It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” —Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.
41. “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
42. “Americans should always honor our veterans. At this moment, we especially need the example of their character. And we need a new generation to set examples of its own, examples in service and sacrifice and courage. These veterans have shaped our history, and with their values, your generation will help guide our future.”‒ George W. Bush
43. “The valor and courage of our young women and men in the armed services are a shining example to all of the world, and we owe them and their families our deepest respect.” — Bill Frist
44. “Whenever the world makes you cynical; whenever you seek true humility, and true selflessness — look to a veteran.” — Barack Obama

Happy Veterans Day to all who have served. God bless!