Memorial Day Quotes - Page 6

• 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

  Veterans Day, Men, Iron

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

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• I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak, because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did.

  Benjamin Harrison

  Uplifting, Military, Thinking

  Benjamin Harrison (1893). “Public Papers and Addresses of Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-third President of the United States. March 4, 1889, to March 4, 1893”

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• Knights of the spirit; warriors in the cause Of justice absolute 'twixt man and man.

  Richard Watson Gilder

  Uplifting, Warrior, Men

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• I would rather be remembered by a song than by a victory.

  Alexander Smith

  Song, Singing, Victory

  Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.144

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• Life hangs as nothing in the scale against dear Liberty!

  Lucy Larcom

  Remembrance, Liberty, Scales

  Lucy Larcom (1869). “Poems”, p.131

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• You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this, the last best hope of man on earth, or we will sentence them to take the first step into a thousand years of darkness. If we fail, at least let our children and our children’s children say of us we justified our brief moment here. We did all that could be done.

  Ronald Reagan

  Children, Patriotic, Men

  Ronald Reagan (2004). “The Greatest Speeches of Ronald Reagan”, p.4, NewsMax Media, Inc.

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• Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people.

  Marcus Garvey

  People, Suffering, Chance

  Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.6, Ravenio Books

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• Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

  Baltasar Gracian

  Sports, Hero, Aspiration

  Baltasar Gracian, Baltasar Gracián y Morales (2004). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.169, Shambhala Publications

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• Their silent wounds have speech
  More eloquent than men;
  Their tones can deeper reach
  Than human voice or pen.

  William Robert Woodman

  Thank You, Uplifting, Men

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• Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.

  Fred Rogers

  Teacher, Children, Hero

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• Today we did what we had to do. They counted on America to be passive. They counted wrong.

  Ronald Reagan

  Military, War, Bad Ass

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• But fame is theirs - and future days
  On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise;
  Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead -
  "These for their country fought and bled."

  Philip Freneau

  Uplifting, Country, Veterans Day

  Philip Morin Freneau (1861). “Poems on Various Subjects: But Chiefly Illustrative of the Events and Actors in the American War of Independence”, p.293

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• Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall up with our English dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility: But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Peace, Wall

  'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1

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• Freedom lies in being bold.

  Robert Frost

  Being Strong, Veterans Day, Courage

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• All gave some, Some gave all.

  Billy Ray Cyrus

  Happy Memorial Day, Honoring Memorial Day

  Song: Some Gave All, Album: Some Gave All, 1992

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• Chance has never yet satisfied the hope of a suffering people. Action, self-reliance, the vision of self and the future have been the only means by which the oppressed have seen and realized the light of their own freedom.

  Marcus Garvey

  Mean, Self, Light

  Marcus Garvey (2015). “Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey”, p.6, Ravenio Books

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• Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; Or close the wall with our English dead.

  William Shakespeare

  Friendship, Wall, War

  'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1

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• In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility.

  William Shakespeare

  Peace, War, Humility

  'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1

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• Then imitate the action of the tiger; stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood.

  William Shakespeare

  War, Adversity, Blood

  'Henry V' (1599) act 3, sc. 1, l. 1

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• They saw their injured country's woe;
  The flaming town, the wasted field;
  Then rushed to meet the insulting foe;
  They took the spear, - but left the shield.

  Philip Freneau

  Uplifting, Country, Insulting

  Philip Freneau (1963). “The Poems of Philip Freneau: Poet of the American Revolution (Complete)”, p.521, Library of Alexandria

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• Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.

  Publilius Syrus

  Courage, Fear, Remembrance

  "Sentences". Collection by Publilius Syrus. Maxim 63,

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• Their own souls rose and cried
  Alarum when they heard the sudden wail
  Of stricken freedom and along the gale
  Saw her eternal banner quivering wide.

  John Le Gay Brereton

  Uplifting, Rose, Soul

  John Le Gay Brereton, “The Dead”

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• If we love our country, we should also love our countrymen.

  Ronald Reagan

  Love, Country, Should

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  People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

  Richard Grenier

  Strength, Wisdom, Veterans Day

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• Our goal is peace. We can gain that peace by strengthening our alliances, by speaking candidly about the dangers before us, by assuring potential adversaries of our seriousness, by actively pursuing every chance of honest and fruitful negotiation.

  Ronald Reagan

  Goal, Alliances, Gains

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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