Memorial day quotes about courage
42. “Here men endured that a nation might live.” —Herbert Hoover
43. “Without a sign his sword the brave man draws and asks no omen but his country’s cause.” —Homer
44. “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—honor to him, less only than to him, who braves, for the common good, the storms of heaven and the storms of battle.” —Abraham Lincoln
45. “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
46. “You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.” —Aristotle
47. “Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.” —George Washington
48. “Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.” —Mark Twain
49. “Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just one step at a time.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
50. “Never was so much owed by so many to so few.” —Winston Churchill
51. “Scared is what you’re feeling. Brave is what you’re doing.” —Emma Donoghue
52. “Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.” —Colonel David Hackworth
53. “The brave die never, though they sleep in dust, their courage nerves a thousand living men.” —Minot J. Savage
54. “Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.” —Wallace Bruce
55. “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
56. “Let their remembrance be as lasting as the land they honored.” —Daniel Webster
57. “The legacy of brave men and women who have fought and died for their country is the freedom we enjoy as Americans.” –Lucian Adams
58. “In valor there is hope.” —Tacitus
59. “What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.” —Christopher Gadsen
60. “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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