Memorial Day Thank You Quotes

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

Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.836, Best Books on

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Happy Memorial Day! Thank you to all our service men and women past and present. You are not forgotten!

Courteney Cox

Memorial Day, Past, Men

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Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

John F. Kennedy

Inspirational, Memorial Day, Freedom

Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Joseph Campbell

Life, Inspiring, Veterans Day

Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers (2011). “The Power of Myth”, p.151, Anchor

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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.

Norman Schwarzkopf

Inspiring, Courage, Veterans Day

Norman Schwarzkopf (2010). “It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf”, p.13, Bantam

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137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.

Doc Hastings

Memorial Day, Military, Patriotic

FaceBook post by Doc Hastings from May 28, 2013

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These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror.

Michael N. Castle

Country, Memorial Day, Hero

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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

Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Men

Richard Watson Gilder (1900). “Five Books of Song”

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Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its honoring those who lost their lives. Veterans had the fortune of coming home. For us, that's a reminder of when we come home we still have a responsibility to serve. It's a continuation of service that honors our country and those who fell defending it.

Pete Hegseth

Thank You, Country, Memorial Day

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

Jeff Miller

Thanksgiving, Country, Gratitude

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

Maya Angelou

Strong Women, Veterans Day, Courage

"Celebrating Our She-roes" by Jill S. Tietjen, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 10, 2014.

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The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.

Thomas Campbell

Uplifting, Memorial Day, Freedom

Thomas Campbell, J. Logie Robertson (1884). “The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell”, p.215, Ardent Media

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On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!

Thomas William Parsons

Uplifting, Memorial Day, Rain

Thomas William Parsons (1866). “The magnolia [verse].”, p.29

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

Benjamin Disraeli

Inspiring, Sports, Memorial Day

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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

Thank You, Veterans Day, Memorial Day

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They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation.

Henry Ward Beecher

Memorial Day, American Veterans, Clouds

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

George S. Patton

Sympathy, Death, Wisdom

Speech at the Copley Plaza Hotel, Boston, Massachusetts, on June 07, 1945. "Patton, ordeal and triumph". Book by Ladislas Farago, 1963.

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We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

John F. Kennedy

Success, Memorial Day, Freedom

Inaugural Address, 20 Jan. 1961

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

Billy Graham

Motivational, Veterans Day, Memorial Day

"A Time for Moral Courage". Reader's Digest, July 1964.

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Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life.

Robin Hayes

Memorial Day, Sacrifice, Men

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With the tears a Land hath shed. Their graves should ever be green.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Memorial Day, Land, Remembrance

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1907). “The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Ponkapog papers, A sea turn, and other papers”

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Decoration Day is the most beautiful of our national holidays.... The grim cannon have turned into palm branches, and the shell and shrapnel into peach blossoms.

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Beautiful, Uplifting, Memorial Day

Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1903). “Ponkapog Papers”

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Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all the self-denials - privations, toils, dangers, sufferings, sicknesses, mutilations, life-long hurts and losses, death itself - for some great good, dimly seen but dearly held.

Joshua Chamberlain

Memorial Day, Courage, Hurt

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Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.

Wallace Bruce Matthews Carruthers

Inspiring, Memorial Day, Memories

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

William J. Clinton

Memorial Day, Freedom, 4th Of July

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