There are many Veterans Day quotes and quotes about Veterans day that inspire us and put courage to our hearts. This Veterans day, make a promise that you will remain patriotic to your country til your last breath. Here are some inspiring Veterans Day quotations and sayings that would surely fill your heart with courage and patriotism. Feel free to share and post these quotes about Veterans Day to your social media profiles like twitter, facebook, etc. on Veterans Day!
Collections of Inpiring Veterans Day Quotes and Sayings
“As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear – we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees.”
~ Solomon Ortiz
“In valor there is hope.”
~ Publius Cornelius Tacitus
“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
“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”
~ Mark Twain
“From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.”
~ Thomas Jefferson
“America’s veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.”
~ Steve Buyer
“The most persistent sound which reverberates through men’s history is the beating of war drums.”
~ Arthur Koestler
“Soldiers are men… most apt for all manner of services and best able to support and endure the infinite toils and continual hazards of war.”
~ Henry Knyvett
“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”
~ George Canning
“But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.”
~ Thomas Dunn English
“The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.”
~ George Patton
“Now I recall the Recon Marines ragged, filthy cammie shirted young men in green paint who move silent like the fog with deadly purpose in their eyes. Swift, Silent, Deadly. I smile.”
~ GYSGT Correll
“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”
~ Mark Twain
“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
A young man who does not have what it takes to perform military service is not likely to have what it takes to make a living.
~ John F. Kennedy
Famous Veterans Day Quotes
Veterans Day is a legal holiday in the United States. The day was declared as a holiday by U.S President Woodrow Wilson to honor the people who have served in the army and the veterans. Great men and women who have fought to defend the flag and the younger generation, who uphold the tradition of liberty, equality, and fraternity is what November 11, is all about for Americans.
If you are searching for great veterans quotes from celebrities, politicians and well known personalities then you are in the right page, so read on.
The following are famous veterans day quotes that you can share or send to your loved ones, friends and people who continue to serve and fight for your liberty.
“History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.”-Ronald Reagan
“We make war that we may live in peace.” –Aristotle
“Those who cannot bravely face danger are the slaves of their attackers.” –Aristotle
“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” -George S. Patton
“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
“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.”-Michel de Montaigne
“The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.” -Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
“Where there are too many policemen, there is no liberty. Where there are too many soldiers, there is no peace. Where there are too many lawyers, there is no justice.” -Lyn Yutang
“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”-Mark Twain
“Peace is not only better than war, but infinitely more arduous.” -George Bernard Shaw
“It is not only the living who are killed in war.” -Isaac Asimov
“Life is 10 percent what you make it and 90 percent how you take it.”-Irving Berlin
“Have the courage to act instead of react.” -Earlene Larson Jenks
“Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men.” -George Patton
“I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.” -Gary Hart
“Have the courage to act instead of react.” -Earlene Larson Jenks
“There never was a good war or a bad peace.” -Benjamin Franklin
“Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to completely new territories, one can expect merely a long wearing away of oneself.”-Jean Dubuffet
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.” -Elmer Davis
“Either war is obsolete or men are.” -Buckminster Fuller
“Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.”-Napoleon Bonaparte
Quotes For Veterans
Honor the veterans and people that protect the liberty and the future of Americans by using one or two of the quotes for veterans day.
“Many become brave when brought to bay.”
“It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.”
“Freedom is never free.”
“In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.”
“America’s veterans deserve the very best health care because they’ve earned it.”
“Have the courage to act instead of react.”
“America’s Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.”
“As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear – we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees.”
“The most certain way of insuring victory is to march briskly and in good order against the enemy, always endeavouring to gain ground.”
“Don’t interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”
“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.”
“Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys. Look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death!”
“The only war is the war you fought in. Every veteran knows that.”
“The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.”
“The most persistent sound which reverberates through men’s history is the beating of war drums.”
“In valor there is hope.”
“If you’re not gonna pull the trigger, don’t point the gun.”
“Perfect valor is to behave, without witnesses, as one would act were all the world watching.”
“Better than honor and glory, and History’s iron pen, was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.”
“The hero is the man dedicated to the creation and / or defense of reality-conforming, life-promoting values.”
“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.”
“Lord, bid war’s trumpet cease; fold the whole earth in peace.”
“This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.”
“But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.”
“When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?”
“More powerful than the will to win is the courage to begin.”
“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.”
“When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?”
“Nobody ever drowned in sweat.”
“America’s veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.”
“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”
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