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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.
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
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.
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.
And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
They are dead; but they live in each Patriot’s breast, And their names are engraven on honor’s bright crest.
Your silent tents of greenWe deck with fragrant flowers;Yours has the suffering been,The memory shall be ours.
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. America will never forget their sacrifices.
They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.
Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.
Heroes take journeys, confront dragons, and discover the treasure of their true selves.
Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.
Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.
