Veterans Bravery Quotes

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

Inspirational, Life, Positive

Thucydides, Sir Richard Winn Livingstone (1960). “The History of the Peloponnesian War”, Oxford University Press, USA

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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

Country, Veterans Day, Brother

Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.32, Wildside Press LLC

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

Elmer Davis

Country, Courage, Veterans Day

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Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared half to death.

Omar N. Bradley

Memorial Day, Courage, Adventure

Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

Michel de Montaigne

Veterans Day, Memorial Day, Courage

Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.

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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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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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Never give in. Never give in. Never, never, never, never -- in nothing, great or small, large or petty -- never give in, except to convictions of honor and good sense.

Winston Churchill

Life, Inspiring, Graduation

Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

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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.

Judd Gregg

Country, Veterans Day, Military

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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

Veterans Day, Military, War

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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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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.

Mark Twain

Change, Thank You, Memorial Day

Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.351, Courier Corporation

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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.

Dan Lipinski

Veterans Day, American Veterans, Us Veterans

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It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

Zell Miller

Veterans Day, Military, Army

2004 Republican National Convention Address, delivered 1 September 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York

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

Gilbert K. Chesterton

Courage, Veterans Day, Strong

Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). “The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton”, p.69, Simon and Schuster

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

Patrick Henry

Inspirational, Veterans Day, Courage

Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death, delivered 23 March 1775 at Henrico Parrish Church St, Richmond Virginia, Second Virginia Convention

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But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.

Nick Lampson

Veterans Day, Believe, Past

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

John Doolittle

Country, Veterans Day, Us Veterans

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Well, look at what people are doing for returned veterans now. The wounded warriors. They're working hard to make the wounded veterans feel that they are loved and welcomed home, unlike Vietnam. It was not a very kind, gentle world then. I think we are kinder and gentler.

Barbara Bush

Veterans Day, Work, Home

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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.

Woodrow Wilson

Country, Gratitude, Veterans Day

Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link (1991). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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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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Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Winston Churchill

Being Strong, Encouraging, Courage

Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.395, Da Capo Press

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Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

Winston Churchill

Being Strong, Veterans Day, Stay Strong

Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.395, Da Capo Press

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

Winston Churchill

Graduation, Being Strong, Perseverance

Speech at Harrow School, Harrow, England, 29 Oct. 1941

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