Quotes on Memorial Day

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

Love for one's country is part of faith.

For love of country, they accepted death.

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.

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

The modern patriotism, the true patriotism, the only rational patriotism is loyalty to the Nation all the time, loyalty to the Government when it deserves it.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

It's always the generals with the bloodiest records who are the first to shout what a hell it is. And it's always the war widows who lead the Memorial Day parades.

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

In the truest sense, freedom cannot be bestowed; it must be achieved.

Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

The real war will never get in the books.

God grants liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it.

What's right about America is that although we have a mess of problems, we have great capacity - intellect and resources - to do some thing about them.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

To those of you mourn the loss of a loved one today, my heart goes out to you. We remember that the blessings that we enjoy as Americans came at a dear cost. Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we cannot ever fully repay. But we can honor their sacrifice, and we must. We must honor it in our own lives by holding their memories close to our hearts, and heeding the example they set.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.