Best Memorial Day Heroes Quotes

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.

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody.

And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.

On Memorial Day, I don’t want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live.

Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.

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.

I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them into his Holy keeping.

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.

And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can.

They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.

137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America’s most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed – it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.

The hero dead cannot expire: The dead still play their part.

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.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don’t know how far we can go.

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.

So long as there are men, there will be wars.