Veterans Day is a federal holiday that falls on November 11th each year.
While the date was chosen to commemorate the end of the “War to End All Wars,” World War I, it is today a national holiday honoring America’s veterans for their patriotism, love of country, and willingness to serve and sacrifice for the greater good.
Here are Veteran Quotes to assist you to express gratitude to those who have served in your community. You’ll discover a meaningful way to honor their service and sacrifice on Veteran’s Day or any other day.
70+ Veteran Quotes to Show Your Gratitude to Them
The hero is the man dedicated to the creation and / or defense of reality-conforming, life-promoting values___Andrew Bernstein
Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put on his beret. “Staying alive is harder.― Laurie Halse Anderson
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.– Barack Obama
Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.___Billy Graham
The world doesn’t owe anyone a living—including veterans.― Frank D. Gilroy
The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.__G.K. Chesterton
We sleep peaceably in our beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on our behalf.___George Orwell
Guns belong to soldiers, not civilians.― Abhijit Naskar
Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear—not absence of fear.___Mark Twain
As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.___John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it… it flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it.__Unknown
America is my mother and my mother is my responsibility.― Abhijit Naskar
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.– Joseph Campbell
We who have seen war will never stop seeing it.― Joseph L. Galloway
We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.__Cynthia Ozick
America’s veterans embody the ideals upon which America was founded more than 229 years ago.___Steve Buyer
In the aftermath, we are because they were.― RJ Heller
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
America’s Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world.___John Doolittle
As a rule I don’t fuck about with fellows who were in the Philippines.― Allie Ray
It’s about how we treat our veterans every single day of the year. It’s about making sure they have the care they need and the benefits that they’ve earned when they come home. It’s about serving all of you as well as you’ve served the United States of America.___Barack Obama
In valor there is hope.___Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Beginner knows rules, but veterans know exceptions.― Amit Kalantri
To those in uniform serving today and to those who have served in the past, we honor you today and every day.___Unknown
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.___Alexander Hamilton
From out of the ground a eulogy grows and becomes a poppy.― Nanette L. Avery
I do not worry about dying – when you get to my age you never think about it, you just carry on with life and enjoy it.’___Vernon Jones
America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels. – Claudia Pemberton
As a business owner don’t think your limitations, think business; it’s all about business.― Vernita Naylor
If anyone was ever justified in being depressed, he decided, it was most of the people in the room.― Taylor Grant
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.__George S. Patton
Not all days in the field were unhappy ones. You had to have fun sometimes or you would go crazy.― Lanny Starr
I think there is one higher office than President and I would call that patriot. – Gary Hart
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.___Sidney Sheldon
One difficulty that someone who has been in military/government service during war has, is reconciling his/her pride with their horror.― Kari Martindale
Because all of us believe and understand in the fabric of the common bond of why we call ourselves American is to care for the men and women who wear the uniform; and when they take off the uniform, we care for them when they are veterans.___Steve Buyer
We are part of what society can’t bear to remember. Because if they really think about it, if they really look at us and realize the cost we’ve paid to keep them safe. They can’t live with the guilt.― Barbara Nickless
They said love is blind. Well, I was blinder than a bat. It is a shame this cat could not see”.― Sparkles A Summers
The Marine Corps forced me to come home from Afghanistan. It’s up to me to allow myself to come home.― Thomas J Brennan
The sanctity of our battlefields, monuments, and veterans institutions is of utmost importance to preserve military history and pay respect to those who fought.___Henry Waxman
We owe our World War II veterans – and all our veterans – a debt we can never fully repay.___Doc Hastings
May fireworks fill your heart and independence be your way of life.― Neil Leckman
Bravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared to death.– Gen. Omar Bradley
The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here.__Abraham Lincoln
In order to insure proper and widespread observance of this anniversary, all veterans, all veterans’ organizations, and the entire citizenry will wish to join hands in the common purpose.___Dwight D. Eisenhower
You don’t get a purple heart for being mentally shot.― J.M. Gillespie
The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.___Douglas MacArthur
All gave some, some gave all.___Billy Ray Cyrus, Some Gave All
In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.__H.L. Mencken
Brave men are all vertebrates; they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle.__G.K. Chesterton
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.___Arthur Ashe
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
To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with lots of 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
The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.___Patrick Henry
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! – Maya Angelou
Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.__Charles B. Rangel
Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.___Michel de Montaigne
The secret of happiness is freedom, and the secret of freedom, courage.___Thucydides
We remember those who were called upon to give all a person can give, and we remember those who were prepared to make that sacrifice if it were demanded of them in the line of duty, though it never was. Most of all, we remember the devotion and gallantry with which all of them ennobled their nation as they became champions of a noble cause.___Ronald Reagan
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
Without heroes, we are all plain people, and don’t know how far we can go. – Bernard Malamud
Our veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called.__Bill Shuster
Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.__Gen. Douglas MacArthur
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
As a former veteran, I understand the needs of veterans, and have been clear – we will work together, stand together with the Administration, but we will also question their policies when they shortchange veterans and military retirees.___Solomon Ortiz
Never was so much owed by so many to so few. – Winston Churchill
I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor food; I offer only hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country with his heart, and not merely with his lips, follow me.___Giuseppe Garibaldi
I’m trying to raise the awareness of the troops that, when they deploy and go to war, it’s not just them at war – it’s also their family. Their family is having to go through all the hardships and the stresses.__Chris Kyle
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
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
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other’s children.__Jimmy Carter
It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.___Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf
This will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. – Elmer Davis
The thing is this: You got to have fun while you’re fightin’ for freedom, ’cause you don’t always win.__Molly Ivins
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
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. – Seneca
We will not tire, we will not falter, we will not fail.___George W. Bush
Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys. Look on them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death!___Sun Tzu
The U.S. Military is us. There is no truer representation of a country than the people that it sends into the field to fight for it. The people who wear our uniform and carry our rifles into combat are our kids, and our job is to support them, because they’re protecting us.___Tom Clancy
If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read it in English, thank a Veteran.___Unknown
In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. – José Narosky
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.___Randy Neugebauer
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death – that is heroism.___Robert G. Ingersoll
I go where the sound of thunder is.___Alfred M. Gray
Our soldiers have nobly fought to protect freedom since our country’s birth, and have fought to protect those that could not protect themselves, even in foreign lands when called upon.__John Linder
I am not a hero but the brave men who died deserved this honor.___Ira Hayes