135 Memorial Day Quotes that make you stronger

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Memorial Day is a National holiday All Over the USA for honoring and mourning the military personnel who have dedicated their life to perform their military duties while serving in the United States Armed Forces. The holiday is held on the last Monday of May. This Year Memorial Day Will Be Celebrated On Monday, 31 May. Do Not Forget to Show your support to some who need to hear this With Best Memorial Day Quotes

Memorial Day Quotes

1. Every veteran is a hero.
2. Who sows virtue reaps honor.
3. All gave some, some gave all.
4. Your country is proud of you.
5. Damn the wars but bless the soldier.
6. If we don’t end the war, war will end us.
7. Land of the Free, because of the Brave.
8. Only the dead have seen the end of the war.
9. Here men endured that a nation might live.
10. We don’t know them all but we owe them all.
11. In the aftermath, we are because they were.
12. Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
13. They never came back, their silence lives on.
14. For the love of the country, they accepted death.
15. What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.
16. The birthplace of anarchy is the cemetery of freedom.
17. We can’t all be Washingtons, but we can all be patriots.
18. Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of those who threaten it.
19. Caring for our veterans is the duty of a grateful nation.
20. May we never forget our fallen comrades. Freedom isn’t free.
21. To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something.
22. I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.
23. Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives.
24. There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country.
25. Remember our fallen heroes. They are the reason that we are free.
26. America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels.
27. With the tears, a Land hath shed their graves should ever be green.
28. I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
29. On thy grave, the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!
30. Patriotism means to stand by the people, not to stand by the party.
31. We take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.
32. It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
33. The brave hearts never die… they sleep in the embrace of their soil.
34. Where humanity sowed faith, hope, and unity, joy’s garden blossomed.
35. And when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.
36. Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.
37. Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay.
38. It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize peace.
39. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
40. In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
41. Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.
42. Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
43. Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They’re just braver 5 minutes longer.
44. A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
45. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Memorial Day Quotes that Will Make you Cry

46. You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don’t ever count on having both at once.
47. If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English. Thank a soldier.
48. On this Memorial Day… let the memories of the dauntless and valiant martyrs be with us.
49. The legacy of heroes—the memory of a great name, and the inheritance of a great example.
50. Freedom makes a huge requirement for every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.
51. This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.
52. In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
53. How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!Maya Angelou
54. Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.
55. America’s veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.
56. Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no future.
57. The brave die never, though they sleep in the dust, Their courage nerves a thousand living men.
58. They fell, but o’er their glorious grave floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.
59. Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.
60. No soldier outlives a thousand chances. But every soldier believes in Chance and trusts his luck.
61. So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
62. It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.
63. My old man says when it’s time to be counted, the important thing is to be man enough to stand up.
64. It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.
65. My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.
66. We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us.
67. Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
68. Most have been forgotten. Most deserve to be forgotten. The heroes will always be remembered. The best.
69. He describes the soldier as only get[ing] away from death by continually stepping within an inch of it.
70. I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free . . . so other people would be also free.
71. The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.
72. Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.
73. Heroes never die. They live on forever in the hearts and minds of those who would follow in their footsteps.
74. Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
75. 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.
76. I don’t believe in the Constitution because I’m American, I’m American because I believe in the Constitution.
77. The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.
78. You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
79. People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
80. We must dare to be great, and we must realize that greatness is the fruit of toil and sacrifice, and high courage.
81. Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.
82. Real heroes don’t have a name on the back of their jerseys. They have their country’s flag on the arm of a uniform.
83. Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official.
84. They were all in and they were all together, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
85. Let Memorial Day be a day to count our blessings and remember those who serve to protect our country and our freedom.
86. Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale.
87. Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history.
88. Patriotism is when the love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.
89. And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.
90. America’s Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.

Memorial Day Quotes with Deep Messages Inside

91. America’s finest – our men and women in uniform –are a force for good throughout the world, and that is nothing to apologize for.
92. We cherish too, the Poppy red That grows on fields where valor led, it seems to signal to the skies that the blood of heroes never dies.
93. As we set today aside to honor and thank our veterans, let us be mindful that we should do this every day of the year and not just one.
94. If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: in love, we find out who we want to be; in war, we find out who we are.
95. That’s what any committed patriot would do: Fight to the last. Defeat your enemy at any cost; then hope you have enough left to rebuild.
96. I love America more than any other country in the world, and exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.
97. I venture to suggest that patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
98. Other lands have had heroes, but ours were more–they were saviors, and by their sacrifices have saved the greatest land under the shining sun.
99. A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.
100. I had reasoned this out in my mind, there was one of two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.
101. 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.
102. True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
103. 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.
104. I am an American; free born and free bred, where I acknowledge no man as my superior, except for his own worth, or as my inferior, except for his own demerit.
105. We are forever grateful for the ultimate sacrifice of those who died for the United States of America. May their courage and dedication will never be forgotten.
106. My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, the opportunity for service, and honor.
107. A man’s country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle and patriotism is loyalty to that principle. George William Curtis
108. So, let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look over not only ourselves but each other.
109. A battle lost or won is easily described, understood, and appreciated, but the moral growth of a great nation requires reflection, as well as observation, to appreciate it.
110. Although no sculptured marble should rise to their memory, nor engraved stone bear record of their deeds, yet will their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.
111. This is the day we pay homage to all those who didn’t come home. This is not Veterans Day, it’s not a celebration, it is a day of solemn contemplation over the cost of freedom.
112. Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well.
113. If words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final sacrifice.
114. Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget its sacrifices.
115. We are mourning those who died for the United States to remind ourselves of worthy ideals, virtues, and priorities. May their sacrifice be a constant reminder of things that matter.
116. 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.
117. He went on to say, It is this high spirit that we commemorate when we pay our yearly tribute of reverence to those who in all wars have stood steadfast and those who have died in the service of our country.
118. Soldiers themselves are reluctant to evaluate the costs of war, but someone must. That evaluation, ongoing and unadulterated by politics, maybe the one thing a country absolutely owes the soldiers who defend its borders.
119. Do not forget that the armed forces are the servants of the people. You do not make national policy; it is we, the civilians, who decide these issues and it is your duty to carry out these tasks with which you are entrusted.
120. Memorial Day is one of the most significant and beautiful occasions of the year. It shows the sentiment of the people toward those who gave their lives for a good cause, and it teaches a lesson in patriotism which is without a parallel.
121. Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost.
122. War brings out the kind of pride in a country that encourages its citizens in the direction of excellence and it encourages them to be ready to die for it. At no time do people work so well together to achieve the same goal as they do in wartime?
123. From the world wars of Europe to the jungles of the Far East, from the deserts of the Middle East to the African continent, and even here in our own hemisphere, our veterans have made the world a better place and America the great country we are today.
124. To the veterans of the United States of America: Thank you, for the cost, you paid for our freedom, thank you for the freedom to live in safety and pursue happiness, for freedom of speech (thus my book), and for all the freedoms that we daily take for granted.
125. The events of that day would forever be remembered, and they stood together as a united Marridon, a nation that would lead in innovation and liberality, taking up the thread that had been left for them, the essence of selfless love woven along a national loom.
126. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield, and patriot grave, to every living heart and hearth-stone, all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.
127. This country has not seen and probably will never know the true level of sacrifice of our veterans. As a civilian, I owe an unpayable debt to all our military. […] Let’s all take a remembrance for all veterans who served or are serving, peacetime or wartime, and gone or still with us.
128. Here is your country. Cherish these natural wonders, cherish the natural resources, cherish the history and romance as a sacred heritage, for your children and your children’s children. Do not let selfish men or greedy interests skin your country of its beauty, its riches, or its romance.
129. Have you ever stopped to ponder the amount of blood spilled, the volume of tears shed, the degree of pain and anguish endured, the number of noblemen and women lost in battle so that we as individuals might have a say in governing our country? Honor the lives sacrificed for your freedoms.
130. Tonight, when you go to bed, say a prayer that God watch over those who watch over us, and thank them for their sacrifices, on and off the battlefield. Pray that they have a peaceful night, and will be home soon with their families who also share their burden. Without them, we would not have this moment.
131. Memorial Day isn’t just about honoring veterans, it’s 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.
132. My own heroes are the dreamers, those men, and women who tried to make the world a better place than when they found it, whether in small ways or great ones. Some succeeded, some failed, most had mixed results… but it is the effort that’s heroic, as I see it. Win or lose, I admire those who fight the good fight.
133. Finally, I wish to remember the millions of Allied servicemen and prisoners of war who lived the story of the Second World War. Many of these men never came home; many others returned bearing emotional and physical scars that would stay with them for the rest of their lives. I come away from this book with the deepest appreciation for what these men endured, and what they sacrificed, for the good of humanity.
134. Herbert Hoover Herbert Hoover, the 31st U.S. president, spoke these words at Valley Forge on Memorial Day in 1931. He addressed a crowd of 20,000 with a speech filled with Memorial Day quotes that capture the essence of the day. He addressed George Washington’s battle on that same site: Here Washington and his little band of hungry and almost naked patriots kept alive the spark of liberty in the lowest hours of the Revolution.
135. Serving my country was a life-changing experience for me. It was during those years that I realized the importance of commitment, dedication, honor, and discipline. I have never laughed so much; nor have I ever prayed so much. I made life-long friends. The leaders and heroes I served helped shape me into the man I am today. I feel honored to have been a part of such a great tradition and grateful to others who have walked the same path.

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