Christian Veterans Day Quotes

The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.

Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

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.

Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him.

America's Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country's service and with gratitude for the victory, both because of the thing from which it has freed us and because of the opportunity it has given America to show her sympathy with peace and justice in the councils of the nations.

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

Lord, bid war's trumpet cease; Fold the whole earth in peace.

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

On this Veterans Day, let us remember the service of our veterans, and let us renew our national promise to fulfill our sacred obligations to our veterans and their families who have sacrificed so much so that we can live free.

Better than honor and glory, and History's iron pen, Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow-men.

Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.

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.

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

The most persistent sound which reverberates through man's history is the beating of war drums.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask: "Mother, what was war?"

Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.

Moral courage is the most valuable and usually the most absent characteristic in men

But the freedom that they fought for, and the country grand they wrought for, Is their monument to-day, and for aye.

It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.

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.

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

The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below

In Flanders fields the poppies blow.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard among the guns below.