Best Thank You Veteran Quotes

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.

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.

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

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man’s history is the beating of war drums.

From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.

We can’t equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that’s not just measured in words or gestures.

America’s veterans deserve the very best health care because they’ve earned it.

We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction.

Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.

We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

The most certain way of ensuring victory is to march briskly and in good order against the enemy, always endeavouring to gain ground.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.

It is unacceptable that disabled veterans in Illinois rank at the bottom of the list when it comes to disability pay. We owe our disabled veterans more than speeches, parades and monuments.

Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it until the test comes.

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

Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.