Browsing Topic Best Veterans Bravery 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.

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

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.

Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They’re working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.

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

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.