«Veterans Day»

Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don’t have that problem.

Ronald Reagan

The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.

Patrick Henry

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

G.K. Chesterton

Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.

Billy Graham

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

Maya Angelou

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

It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the organizer, who gave us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.

Father Dennis Edward O’Brien, USMC

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

Elmer Davis only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Elmer Davis

The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.

Jeff Miller

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.

Thucydides

I believe it is the nature of people to be heroes, given the chance.

James A. Autry

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

Michel de Montaigne

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

John F. Kennedy

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.

George Washington