Veterans Bravery Quotes

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.

We can't equate spending on veterans with spending on defense. Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

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.

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.

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.

While we can never truly repay the debt we owe our heroes, the least we should do for our brave veterans is to ensure that the government takes a proactive approach to delivering the services and benefits they have earned, so they can access the care they need and so richly deserve.

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.

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.

While only one day of the year is dedicated solely to honoring our veterans, Americans must never forget the sacrifices that many of our fellow countrymen have made to defend our country and protect our freedoms.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

Never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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