Inspirational Memorial Day Quotes and Sayings

Memorial Day is a federal holiday in the United States. 31 May is celebrated as honoring and mourning the military personnel who have died in wars while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Here we have shared inspirational memorial day quotes, which are mentioned below.

Inspirational Memorial Day Quotes Sayings

1. Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime. – Adlai Stevenson II

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2. Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay. – Barack Obama

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

4. Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion. – Calvin Coolidge

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5. America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels. – Claudia Pemberton

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6. Freedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility. – Eleanor Roosevelt

7. Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory there would be no civilization, no future. – Elie Wiesel

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

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

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

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11. No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he be vigilant in its preservation. – Gen. Douglas MacArthur

12. It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived. – George S. Patton

13. So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good. – Helen Keller

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

15. No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks. – James Allen

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Best Memorial Day Quotes Sayings

16. 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. – Jennifer M. Granholm

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

18. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. – Joseph Campbell

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19. 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

20. Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history. – Mary Roach

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21. The brave die never, though they sleep in dust, their courage nerves a thousand living men. – Minot J. Savage

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering. – Theodore Roosevelt

Memorial Day Quotes from Presidents

26. The patriot’s blood is the seed of freedom’s tree. – Thomas Campbell

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

28. May we never forget freedom isn’t free. – Unknown

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

30. Home of the free, because of the brave. – Unknown

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31. Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours. – Wallace Bruce

32. Never was so much owed by so many few. – Winston Churchill

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