319 BEST Memorial Day Respectful Quotes (Selected) 

Memorial Day is an important time to remember those who have died while serving our country.

It's a day of reflection and appreciation, as we honor the brave men and women who sacrificed so much for us.

But it can be hard to find the right words to express your gratitude for their service.

That’s why we’ve compiled this list of 319 meaningful Memorial Day quotes that will help you show your respect in a way that truly honors them.

Read on for inspiring phrases from presidents, authors, poets, veterans, and more—all chosen specifically with Memorial Day in mind!

1. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

2. "We cherish too, the Poppy red that grows on fields where valor led; it seems to signal to the skies that blood of heroes never dies." - Moina Michael

3. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

4. "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." - Jose Narosky

5. "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

6. "The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude." - Jeff Miller

7. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

8. "Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay." - Barack Obama

9. "Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility." - Eleanor Roosevelt

10. "The sacrifice of life is the pinnacle of art and is full of joy." - Hermann Hesse

11. "The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract." - Abraham Lincoln

12. "On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!" - Thomas William Parsons

13. "A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom." - Bob Dylan

14. "The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all." - Meg Cabot

15. "Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its 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." - Pete Hegseth

16. "Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours." - Wallace Bruce

17. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example."- Benjamin Disraeli

18. "The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree." - Thomas Campbell

19. "I have never been able to think of the day as one of mourning; I have never quite been able to feel that half-masted flags were appropriate on Decoration Day. I have rather felt that the flag should be at the peak because those whose dying we commemorate rejoiced in seeing it where their valor placed it. We honor them in a joyous, thankful, triumphant commemoration of what they did." - Benjamin Harrison

20. "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

21. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." - Nathan Hale

22. "Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion." - Calvin Coolidge

23. "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America." - William J. Clinton

24. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

25. "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain

26. "We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them." - Francis A. Walker

27. "The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude." - Jeff Miller

28. "The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem." - Aaron Kilbourn

29. "The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude." - Jeff Miller

30. "Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are stiffened." - Billy Graham

31. "These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror." - Michael N. Castle

32. "Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." - Unknown

33. "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." - Jose Narosky

34. "Never was so much owed by so many to so

. "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

36. "Better to fight for something than live for nothing." - George S. Patton Jr.

37. "The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem." - Aaron Kilbourn

38. "The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred." - Adrian Cronauer

39. "I don't have to tell you how fragile this precious gift of freedom is. Every time we hear, watch, or read the news, we are reminded that liberty is a rare commodity in this world." - President Ronald Reagan

40. "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." - Beth Pennington

41. "The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." - Thomas Jefferson

42. "Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes." - President Thomas Jefferson

43. "I can't imagine what it must be like to be a veteran on Memorial Day. To know that you once had friends who fought in wars and now they're gone, but you're still here. And that's got to be tough." - Craig Ferguson

44. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

45. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

46. "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain

47. "We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them." - Francis A. Walker

48. "The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude." - Jeff Miller

49. "A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart." - Zeus in Hercules

50. "The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all." - Meg Cabot

51. "The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree." - Thomas Campbell

52. "Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

53. "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

54. "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." - Norman Schwarzkopf

55. "We don't know them all, but we owe them all." - Unknown

56. "The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission." - John F. Kennedy

57. "Heroism doesn't always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history." - Mary Roach

58. "The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear." - Nelson Mandela

59. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

60. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

61. "The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been created by the experience of a great people, and nothing is written upon it that has not been written by their life." - Woodrow Wilson

62. "Their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored." - Daniel Webster

63. "May we never forget freedom isn't free." - Unknown

64. "Those who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

65. "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." - Ronald Reagan

66. "They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

67. "The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree." - Thomas Campbell

68. "Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die." - G.K. Chesterton

69. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

70. "My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy

71. "For love of country they accepted death." - James A. Garfield

72. "Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity." - Herbert Hoover

73. "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

74. "We owe our World War II veterans - and all our veterans - a debt we can never fully repay." - Doc Hastings

75. "On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live." - Eric Burdon

76. "America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels." - Claudia Pemberton

77. "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr.

78. "Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who have died in service of the United States of America. My heart goes out to the families of those who have lost loved ones in battle." - Pamela Sue Martin

79. "There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country." - Nick Lampson

80. "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." - George S. Patton Jr.

81. "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." - Ronald Reagan

82. "They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation." - Henry Ward Beecher

83. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

84. "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." - Jose Narosky

85. "A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart." - Unknown

86. "We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them." - Francis A. Walker

87. "Freedom is never given; it is won." - A. Philip Randolph

88. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

89. "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

90. "On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!" - Thomas William Parsons

91. "For love of country they accepted death." - James A. Garfield

92. "Their bodies are buried in peace, but their names live on forevermore." - Unknown

93. "The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree." - Thomas Campbell

94. "I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism." - Bob Riley

95. "The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all." - Meg Cabot

96. "Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better." - Albert Camus

97. "We don't know them all, but we owe them all." - Unknown

98. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

99. "The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem." - Aaron Kilbourn

100. "Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay." - Barack Obama

101. "Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it… it flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." - Unknown

102. "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

103. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

104. "The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree." - Thomas Campbell

105. "We don't know them all, but we owe them all." - Unknown

106. "Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life." - Robin Hayes

107. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

108. "These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror." - Michael N. Castle

109. "For love of country, they accepted death." - James A. Garfield

110. "To those in uniform serving today and to those who have served in the past, we honor you today and every day." - Unknown

111. "Courage knows no gender, nor does patriotism." - Kristin Hannah

112. "Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility." - Eleanor Roosevelt

113. "In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it." - Barack Obama

114. "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 best he can, the same cause." - Abraham Lincoln

115. "The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude." - Jeff Miller

116. "We must never forget that freedom is not free. It cost dearly and must be nourished for generations to come." - Unknown

117. "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 their sacrifices." - Harry S. Truman

118. "Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

119. "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain

120. "This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." - Elmer Davis

121. "The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission." - John F. Kennedy

122. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

123. "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

124. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

125. "As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars." - John M. McHugh

126. "May we never forget freedom isn't free." - Unknown

127. "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

128. "On this Memorial Day, we remember those who have fallen while serving their country. We honor their sacrifice and their courage." - Unknown

129. "Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, its 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." - Pete Hegseth

130. "Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay." - Barack Obama

131. "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

132. "Those

133. "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." - George S. Patton

134. "The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers. The Soldier is also a citizen. In fact, the highest obligation and privilege of citizenship is that of bearing arms for one's country." - George S. Patton

135. "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

136. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." - Nathan Hale

137. "Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life." - Robin Hayes

138. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

139. "They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

140. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

141. "The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children." - William Havard

142. "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

143. "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." - Beth Pennington

144. "We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them." - Francis A. Walker

145. "And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." - Joseph Rodman Drake

146. "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

147. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

148. "I can't imagine what it must be like to be a soldier in combat one moment, then having to return to the routine of everyday life the next." - Tony Snow

149. "Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility." - Eleanor Roosevelt

150. "Veterans are a symbol of what makes our nation great, and we must never forget all they have done to ensure our freedom." - Rodney Frelinghuysen

151. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

152. "My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy

153. "The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude." - Jeff Miller

154. "Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay." - Barack Obama

155. "In memory of many, in honor of all. Thank you." - Unknown

156. "Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." - Adlai Stevenson

157. "A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart." - Zeus

158. "The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children." - William Havard

159. "I've never really been in a war zone before, so I'm not sure what it's like when a soldier comes home. I do have a sense of it from talking to people, that there is a sort of a period where it's surreal coming back and reintegrating into society." - Jake Gyllenhaal

160. "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

161. "The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender or submission." - John F. Kennedy

162. "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." - Norman Schwarzkopf

163. "Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

164. "Their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored." - Daniel Webster

165. "I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism." - Bob Riley

166. "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

167. "They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

168. "As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars." - John M. McHugh

169. "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." - John F. Kennedy

170. "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

171. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

172. "We owe these dead nothing but remembrance." - Unknown

173. "The story of America's quest for freedom is inscribed on her history in the blood of her patriots." - Randy Vader

174. "These fallen heroes represent the character of a nation who has a long history of patriotism and honor - and a nation who has fought many battles to keep our country free from threats of terror." - Michael N. Castle

175. "The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree." - Thomas Campbell

176. "Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it... it flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." - Unknown

177. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

178. "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." - Ronald Reagan

179. "Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no society, no future." - Elie Wiesel

180. "My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." - John F. Kennedy

181. "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

182. "The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem." - Aaron Kilbourn

183. "We owe our fallen heroes a debt of gratitude we can never fully repay." - Barack Obama

184. "For love of country, they accepted death." - James A. Garfield

185. "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

186. "On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live." - Eric Burdon

187. "The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude." - Jeff Miller

188. "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died.

189. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

190. "Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay." - Barack Obama

191. "They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation." - Henry Ward Beecher

192. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

193. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

194. "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr.

195. "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 their sacrifices." - Harry S. Truman

196. "The story of America's quest for freedom is inscribed on her history in the blood of her patriots." - Randy Vader

197. "What we have once enjoyed deeply we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." - Helen Keller

198. "There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for one's friends." - John 15:13

199. "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." - Jose Narosky

200. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." - Nathan Hale

201. "Their sacrifice remains forever in our hearts." - Elizabeth Dole

202. "We must never forget why we have, and why we need our military. Our armed forces exist solely to ensure our nation is safe, so that each and every one of us can sleep soundly at night, knowing we have 'guardians at the gate'." - Allen West

203. "The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree." - Thomas Campbell

204. "There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure." - Colin Powell

205. "Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." - Unknown

206. "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." - John F. Kennedy

207. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

208. "On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live." - Eric Burdon

209. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

210. "The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem." - Aaron Kilbourn

211. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

212. "Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay." - Barack Obama

213. "The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude." - Jeff Miller

214. "We do not know one promise these men made, one pledge they gave, one word they spoke; but we do know they summed up and perfected, by one supreme act, the highest virtues of men and citizens. For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue." - James A. Garfield

215. "I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it." - John Thune

216. "The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." - John F. Kennedy

217. "As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars." - John M. McHugh

218. "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

219. "Our debt to the heroic men and

women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices." - Harry S. Truman

221. "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." - Daniel Webster

222. "They died in a foreign land so that we might live in freedom." - Unknown

223. "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." - Norman Schwarzkopf

224. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

225. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

226. "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same." - Ronald Reagan

227. "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

228. "We don't know them all, but we owe them all." - Unknown

229. "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." - Jose Narosky

230. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

231. "The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem." - Aaron Kilbourn

232. "The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract." - Abraham Lincoln

233. "This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave." - Elmer Davis

234. "Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." - Unknown

235. "The hero dead cannot expire: The dead still play their part." - Charles Sangster

236. "The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree." - Thomas Campbell

237. "Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility." - Eleanor Roosevelt

238. "For love of country, they accepted death." - James A. Garfield

239. "They fell, but o'er their glorious grave floats free the banner of the cause they died to save." - Francis Marion Crawford

240. "The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." - John F. Kennedy

241. "In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." - Martin Luther King Jr.

242. "Without heroes, we are all plain people, and don't know how far we can go." - Bernard Malamud

243. "Their remembrance shall be as lasting as the land they honored." - Daniel Webster

244. "Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends." - John 15:13

245. "We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them." - Francis A. Walker

246. "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." - George S. Patton Jr.

247. "I believe our flag is more than just cloth and ink. It is a universally recognized symbol that stands for liberty, and freedom. It is the history of our nation, and it's marked by the blood of those who died defending it." - John Thune

248. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

249. "The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem." - Aaron Kilbourn

250. "May we never forget freedom isn't free." - Unknown

251. "It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us the freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag." - Father Dennis Edward O'Brien

252. "Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay." - President Barack Obama

253. "The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." - President John F. Kennedy

254. "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - President John F. Kennedy

255. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

256. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." - Nathan Hale

257. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

258. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

259. "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." - Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.

260. "The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude." - Jeff Miller

261. "The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem." - Aaron Kilbourn

262. "Patriotism consists not in waving the flag, but in striving that our country shall be righteous as well as strong." - James Bryce

263. "The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree." - Thomas Campbell

264. "Memorial Day this year is especially important as we are reminded almost daily of the great sacrifices that the men and women of the Armed Services make to defend our way of life." - Robin Hayes

265. "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." - President Abraham Lincoln

266. "They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest." - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

267. "The story of America's quest for freedom is inscribed on her history in the blood of her patriots." - Randy Vader

268. "We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them." - Francis A. Walker

269. "My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." - President John F. Kennedy

270. "Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility." - Eleanor Roosevelt

271. "I believe it is the nature of people to be heroes, given the chance." - James A. Autry

272. "We don't know them all, but we owe them all!" - Unknown

273. "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

274. "For love of country they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue." - James A. Garfield

275. "The flag does not fly because of the wind that blows it. The flag flies because each soldier's last breath blows by it." - Unknown

276. "The fallen heroes of our nation deserve our eternal respect and gratitude." - President George W. Bush

277. "On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets, who started preaching peace, men and women who have made this world a kinder place to live." - Eric Burdon

278. "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived." - General George S. Patton

279. "Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours." - Wallace Bruce

280. "Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." - Unknown

281. "The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children." - William Havard

282. "As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them." - President John F. Kennedy

283. "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

284. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

285. "Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility." - Eleanor Roosevelt

286. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

287. "In valor there is hope." - Publius Cornelius Tacitus

288. "The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children." - William Havard

289. "The dead soldier’s silence sings our national anthem." - Aaron Kilbourn

290. "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction." - Ronald Reagan

291. "The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude." - Jeff Miller

292. "Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. Roosevelt

293. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

294. "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." - Mark Twain

295. "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

296. "The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract." - Abraham Lincoln

297. "We come, not to mourn our dead soldiers, but to praise them." - Francis A. Walker

298. "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

299. "The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem." - Aaron Kilbourn

300. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

301. "Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." - Unknown

302. "Veterans are a symbol of what makes our nation great, and we must never forget all they have done to ensure our freedom." - Rodney Frelinghuysen

303. "The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission." - John F. Kennedy

304. "They fell, but o'er their glorious grave floats free the banner of the cause they died to save." - Francis Marion Crawford

305. "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." - Nathan Hale

306. "The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree." - Thomas Campbell

307. "On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation." - Thomas William Parsons

308. "The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody has decided not to see." - Ayn Rand

309. "Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay." - Barack Obama

310. "The only way you can serve God is by serving other people." - Rick Warren

311. "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." - Beth Pennington

312. "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived." - George S. Patton

313. "The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example." - Benjamin Disraeli

314. "A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." - Joseph Campbell

315. "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

316. "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion." - Abraham Lincoln

317. "The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minot J. Savage

318. "The greatest glory of a free-born people is to transmit that freedom to their children." - William Havard

319. "Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility."

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