36 Veterans Day Quotes

36 Veterans Day Quotes

All of these Veterans Day quotes pays tribute and gives thanks for those who are serving and those who have served to protect our freedom. Lest we never forget.

  1. Thank you, for the cost you paid for our freedom, thank you for the freedom to live in safety and pursue happiness Sara Niles, To The Veterans of the United States of America
    Veterans Day Poems
  2. The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our has earned them our lasting gratitude. Jeff Miller
    Gratitude
  3. This is a day we remember the toil, of the blood and the battle on far distant soil.Lest we forget – lest our memories should fade, ’twas our boys that we lost, ’twas a high price they paid. Greta Zwaan, Lest We Forget
    Memory
  4. 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
    Freedom
  5. Peace has victories, but it takes brave men and women to win them. Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Courage Poem
  6. The bravery and risk that these men and women took will not be forgotten.

  7. In this Veteran’s Day we stop and are thankful for all those who have fought in wars so that we have may all enjoy our freedom. The bravery and risk that these men and women took will not be forgotten. Catherine Pulsifer
    Taking Risks
  8. We gather to remember, to honour those who’ve died,
    And thank God for the vet’rans who still stand at our side.
    Greta Zwaan, Remember
    Thanksgiving
  9. In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. Jose Narosky
    Quote of The Day
  10. We recognize and celebrate the heroes all of our veterans, we shall forever be grateful. You inspire and encourage us, your unselfishness, your courage, and your willingness to protect our freedom – no words can express our thanks. Kate Summers
    Words of Encouragement
  11. We owe an immeasurable debt to our veterans, to the fallen, and to the families who love them.Just as our servicemen and women have taken care of us, we must also take care of them. It is our sacred duty as a country to be there for our heroes when they need us most. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, 2017
    Family
  12. The soldier above all others prays for peace . . .Douglas MacArthur

  13. The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war. Douglas MacArthur
    Prayer
  14. Today we remember – tomorrow as well, the hardships that war brought our way,But, praise to our God that freedom ensued Greta Zwaan, Have We Forgotten?
    Hardship
  15. 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 � President Woodrow Wilson
    Sympathy
  16. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
    Quotes to Live By
  17. Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened. Rev. Billy Graham
    Famous Quotes about Life
  18. The Bible tells us: If you owe debts, pay debts; if honor, then honor; if respect, then respect. The debt our nation owes those who’ve worn the uniform is a debt we will never be able to fully repay. Micheal R. Pence, Vice President of the United States, 2017
    Inspirational
  19. 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
    Make A Difference
  20. Today, in big cities and small towns across our country, there will be ceremonies around flagpoles and parades down Main Street to properly express our gratitude, to show our appreciation to men and women who served so that we might live free. President Barack Obama, 2015
    Appreciation
  21. You are, the Veterans of America, the most trusted among us, and the most tested of all Americans….You are not only the heart and soul, but you are the very spine of this nation. And as a nation, we pause today to thank more than 23 million surviving veterans who have so bravely and faithfully protected our freedom. You gave and they gave. And you deserve our thanks. Joseph Biden, Vice President of the United States, 2014
    Thank You
  22. On behalf of a proud and grateful nation, we thank you. President Barack Obama

  23. To all our nation’s veterans: Whether you fought in Salerno or Samarra, Khe Sanh or the Korengal, you are part of an unbroken chain of men and women who have served this country with honor and distinction. On behalf of a proud and grateful nation, we thank you. President Barack Obama, 2012
    Appreciation Poems
  24. People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. George Orwell
    Violence
  25. There is no mystery behind the endurance and the success of American liberty. It is because in every generation, from the Revolutionary period to this very hour, brave Americans have stepped forward and served honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States. Every one of them deserves the thanks and the admiration of our entire country. Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, 2008
    Success
  26. We observe Veterans Day on an anniversary — not of a great battle or of the beginning of a war, but of a day when war ended and our nation was again at peace. Ever since the Armistice of November the 11th,1918 , this has been a day to remember our debt to all who have worn the uniform of the United States. President George W. Bush, 2003
    Peace
  27. War settles nothing. Dwight Eisenhower
    War
  28. Too often when we speak of sacrifice, we speak in generalities about the larger sweep of history, and the sum total of our nation’s experience. But it is very important to remember that every single veteran’s life we honor today was just that — a life — just like yours and mine. A life with family and friends, and love and hopes and dreams, and ups and downs; a life that should have been able to play its full course. President Bill Clinton, 1999
    Quotes about Life
  29. More than an end to war, we want an end to the beginnings of all wars. Franklin Roosevelt
    Great Quotes about Life
  30. The nation owes a great debt to its veterans . . . Gen. Colin L. Powell

  31. Whenever and wherever the nation has called – in times of darkness and danger as well as in times of peace and prosperity – America’s veterans have been there. Veterans have proudly carried the torch of liberty for all to see. Gen. Colin L. Powell, 1989
    Courage
  32. Those who live today remember those who do not. Those who know freedom remember today those who gave up life for freedom. . . . We could not forget them. Even if they were not our own, we could not forget them. For all time, they are what we can only aspire to be: giving, unselfish, the epitome of human love — to lay down one’s life so that others might live. President Ronald Reagan, 1988
    Poems about Life
  33. Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous. George Bernard Shaw
    Encouraging Poems
  34. So much that is good in this Nation depends on the unknown actions of humble men and women who understand the importance of duty, done without public recognition or the blare of trumpets. The strength of our Nation lies in our willingness to do what we must, each of us each day, wherever may lie our particular duty. President Jimmy Carter, 1978
    Famous
  35. Today we are here to celebrate and to honor and to commemorate the dead and the living, the young men who in every war since this country began have given testimony to their loyalty to their country and their own great courage. President John F. Kennedy, 1961
    Courage
  36. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. Abraham Lincoln
    Change The World
  37. There never was a good war or a bad peace.” Benjamin Franklin
    Good
  38. On the eleventh day of the eleventh month
    We pause at the eleventh hour
    Some of us stop to pray
    For soldiers who died or went missing along the way.
    C Lynch, My Thoughts on Remembrance Day
    Prayer Poems
  39. 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. Sidney Sheldon
    Meaningful
  40. 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
    Best

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