Browsing Topic Best Veterans Day Thank You 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.

The object of war is not to die for your country but to make the other bastard die for his.

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.

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

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.

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

When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?

So shines a good deed… in a weary world.

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.

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

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

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

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

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

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

We owe our World War II veterans – and all our veterans – a debt we can never fully repay.

Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear.

In World War One, they called it shell shock. Second time around, they called it battle fatigue. After ‘Nam, it was post-traumatic stress disorder.

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

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.

You’ve been told that you’re broken, that you’re damaged goods and should be labeled victims. I don’t buy it. The truth, instead, is that you are the only folks with the skills, determination, and values to ensure American dominance in this chaotic world.

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.