Quotes on Veterans Day

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.

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

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.

I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy.

Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.

Courage is being scared to death... and saddling up anyway.

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

My father had many, many veterans over to the house, and the older I got the more I appreciated their sacrifice.

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

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

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

Are they dead that yet speak louder than we can speak, and a more universal language? Are they dead that yet act? Are they dead that yet move upon society and inspire the people with nobler motives and more heroic patriotism?

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in Chance and trusts his luck.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.