30 VETERANS DAY QUOTES AND SAYINGS TO SALUTE OUR HEROES

in veterans •  7 years ago 

I was pondering last night about the lives of our soldiers and how different our daily lives are. There is just no way I can imagine the horrors so many experience and why they suffer PTSD and commit suicide routinely. They make such incredible sacrifices for us, it boggles the mind. Here are some good quotes to honor them today.

I found this on semidelicatebalance.com.


Veterans Day is a day to honor those who served who have the fortune of coming back home. We should be honoring America’s veterans every day of the year. November 11 is a national day to recognize the sacrifices of our nation’s heroes. Here are some patriotic Veterans Day Quotes to to help say thank you to our America’s military, past and present.

  1. To our men and women in uniform, past, present, and future, God bless you and thank you.
  2. A true hero isn’t measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart. – Hercules
  3. Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country’s cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause. -Abraham Lincoln
  4. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. -Joseph Campbell
  5. America’s veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago. -Steve Buyer
  6. America must never forget your sacrifices
  7. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. -Patrick Henry
  8. For the veteran, thank you for bravely doing what you’re called to do so we can safely do what we’re free to do
  9. In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country, can change it – Barack Obama
  10. On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free. – Dan Lipinski
  11. My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place — police, firefighters, and members of our armed forces. -Sidney Sheldon
  12. To those in uniform serving today and to those who have served in the past, we honor you today and every day.
  13. The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude. -Jeff Miller
  14. We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.- Cynthia Ozick
  15. Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it… it flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it
  16. Home of the free because of the brave.
  17. If you want to thank a soldier, be the kind of American worth fighting for
  18. America’s Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world. -John Doolittle
  19. To all who have put their lives on the line in defense of the flat, thank you.
  20. American without her soldiers would be like God without his angels – Claudia Pemberton
  21. This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. – Elmer Davis
  22. In valor there is hope. -Publius Cornelius Tacitus
  23. Better than honor and glory, and History’s iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men. -Richard Watson Gilder
  24. How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! Maya Angelou
  25. For your bravery, hard work, and dedication to our country, we thank you
  26. The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage. – Thucydides
  27. As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. -John Fitzgerald Kennedy
  28. Freedom is never free
  29. Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day. -Charles B. Rangel
  30. Never was so much owed by so many to so few –Winston Churchill

Courtesy of:
https://www.semidelicatebalance.com/2016/09/09/veterans-day-quotes-sayings-salute-heroes/

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On behalf of all of us Veterans. Thank you.