381 BEST Armed Forces Day Quotes (Selected)

William T Johnson May 18, 2023
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Armed Forces Day is a day to recognize and honor the men and women who serve in the United States Armed Forces.


It's a time to pay tribute to their courage, commitment, and sacrifices they make every day for our freedom.


To commemorate this special day, I've compiled some of the best quotes about patriotism, service members, veterans, freedom fighters and more.


These 381 quotes come from inspiring leaders like John F Kennedy and Eleanor Roosevelt as well as everyday Americans expressing their gratitude for those who serve in uniform.


Whether you’re looking for words of encouragement or just want to show your support on Armed Forces Day - these powerful quotes will help you express your appreciation for all that our military personnel do!


1. "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


2. "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." - Thucydides


3. "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 Jr.


4. "The military don’t start wars. Politicians start wars." - William Westmoreland


5. "We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us." - Winston Churchill


6. "The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything. Unless the soldier's soul sustains him he cannot be relied on and will fail himself and his commander and his country in the end." - General of the Army George C. Marshall


7. "A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart." - Zeus, from Disney's Hercules


8. "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them." - Laurence Binyon


9. "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." - José Narosky


10. "Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway." - John Wayne


11. "Military power wins battles, but spiritual power wins wars." - George C. Marshall


12. "I can’t tell you what art does and how it does it, but I know that art has often judged the judges, pleaded revenge to the innocent and shown to the future what the past has suffered, so that it has never been forgotten." - John Berger


13. "The military is a team of brothers and sisters who are willing to give their lives for each other and for the greater good of the country they serve." - Unknown


14. "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt


15. "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." - Alexander Hamilton


16. "Soldiers are men…most apt for all manner of services and best able to support and endure the infinite toils and continual hazards of war." - Henry Knyvett


17. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke


18. "A true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." - G.K. Chesterton


19. "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 Jr.


20. "Soldiers are men who have offered themselves up for their country, who have taken an oath to fight and die if necessary so that we may live in peace and prosperity." - Unknown

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


22. "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


23. "I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'" - President John F. Kennedy


24. "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


25. "All gave some; some gave all." - Howard William Osterkamp


26. "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." - President Harry S. Truman


27. "We are not retreating – we are advancing in another direction." - General Douglas MacArthur


28. "The hero is the man dedicated to the creation and / or defense of reality-conforming, life-promoting values." - Andrew Bernstein


29. "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


30. "Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca


31. "The soldier is the Army. No army is better than its soldiers." - General George S. Patton Jr.


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. "We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude." - Cynthia Ozick


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


35. "We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us." - Winston Churchill


36. "Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - Franklin P. Jones


37. "American without her soldiers would be like God without His angels." - Claudia Pemberton


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


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


40. "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


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


42. "They gave their tomorrows for our today." - John Maxwell Edmonds


43. "There are those that say war is hell, but I say that sometimes hell is necessary to preserve the paradise that we call home." - Taylor Lee Crosby


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


45. "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


46. "The soldier is the Army, no army is better than its soldiers." - Gen. Omar N. Bradley


47. "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood." - Theodore Roosevelt


48. "A grateful nation honors its fallen heroes with a heart filled with pride and sorrow." - Unknown


49. "For the veteran, thank you for bravely doing what you’re called to do so we can safely do what we’re free to do." - Unknown


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


51. "We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us." - Winston Churchill


52. "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


53. "No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he is vigilant in its preservation." - Gen. Douglas MacArthur


54. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke


55. "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


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


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


58. "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." - Thucydides


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


60. "It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle." - Norman Schwarzkopf


61. "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace." - George Washington


62. "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 Jr.


63. "The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars." - William Westmoreland


64. "Freedom is not free, but the U.S. Marine Corps will pay most of your share." - Ned Dolan


65. "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


66. "If you want peace, prepare for war." - Vegetius


67. "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


68. "Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done." - John Keegan


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


70. "Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." - Michel de Montaigne


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


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


73. "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


74. "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 Jr.


75. "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


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


77. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King Jr.


78. "We make war that we may live in peace." - Aristotle


79. "I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy." - John F. Kennedy


80. "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 Jr.


81. "You are not alone in thanking veterans on Armed Forces Day." - Unknown


82. "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." - José Narosky


83. "In war, the human factor cannot be disregarded." - Dwight D. Eisenhower


84. "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 Jr.


85. "Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - Franklin P. Jones


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


87. "Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." - Michel de Montaigne


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


89. "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


90. "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


91. "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


92. "Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." - Michel de Montaigne


93. "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


94. "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 Jr.


95. "How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!" - Maya Angelou


96. "In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing." - Theodore Roosevelt


97. "I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually." - James Baldwin


98. "We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us." - Winston Churchill


99. "It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena." - Theodore Roosevelt


100. "The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten." - Calvin Coolidge.


101. "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 Jr.


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


103. "The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared." - George S. Patton Jr.


104. "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


105. "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


106. "Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war." - Lucius Annaeus Seneca


107. "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


108. "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." - José Narosky


109. "We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us." - Winston Churchill


110. "I have not yet begun to fight." - John Paul Jones


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


112. "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." - Winston Churchill


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


114. "How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!" - Maya Angelou


115. "Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." - Michel de Montaigne


116. "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


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


118. "War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses." - Thomas Jefferson


119. "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 Jr.


120. "You are remembered for the rules you break." - General Douglas MacArthur


121. "I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'" - John F. Kennedy


122. "The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars." - William Westmoreland


123. "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." - General George S. Patton


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


125. "I am a Soldier, I fight where I am told, and I win where I fight." - George S. Patton Jr.


126. "We make war that we may live in peace." - Aristotle


127. "The more we sweat in peace, the less we bleed in war." - Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit


128. "The best way of avoiding war is not to fear it." - John Randolph


129. "There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity." - General Douglas MacArthur


130. "A true soldier does not fight because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." - G.K. Chesterton


131. “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


132. “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


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


134. “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


135. “In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” - Jose Narosky


136. “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 Jr.


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


138. “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 agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest. 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


139. “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


140. “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


141. “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


142. “To be a soldier one needs that special gene, that extra something, that enables a person to jump into one on one combat, something, after all, that is unimaginable to most of us, as we are simply not brave enough.” - Rupert Everett


143. “You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and those who brought war into our country deserve all the curses and maledictions a people can pour out…you might as well appeal against the thunder-storm as against these terrible hardships of war…” - William Tecumseh Sherman


144. “I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot.” - Gary Hart


145. “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 Jr.


146. “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


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


148. “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 Jr.


149. “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


150. “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


151. “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 Jr.


152. “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


153. “The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.” - William Westmoreland


154. “It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.” - Norman Schwarzkopf


155. “I can’t expect loyalty from the army if I do not give it.” - George C. Marshall


156. “A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers.” - John F. Kennedy


157. “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 Jr.


158. “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


159. “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. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” - Winston Churchill


160. “The patriot’s blood is the seed of Freedom’s tree.” - Thomas Campbell


161. “Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.” - Michel de Montaigne


162. “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.” - Thucydides


163. “Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” - Billy Graham


164. “How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!” - Maya Angelou


165. “Military guys are rarely as smart as they think they are, and they’ve never gotten over the fact that civilians run the military.” - Maureen Dowd


166. “All I ever wanted was to be a soldier. And although I’ve had to fight every day of my life just to survive, I still want that. For as long as the world needs soldiers, I’ll be there.” - Michael Grant


167. “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” - Martin Luther King Jr.


168. “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


169. “Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.” - Otto von Bismarck


170. “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


171. “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 Jr.


172. “In war, there are no unwounded soldiers.” - Jose Narosky


173. “I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: ‘I served in the United States Navy.”’ - John F. Kennedy


174. “A soldier is he whose blood makes the glory of the general.” - Henry G. Bohn


175. “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 Jr.


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. "Freedom is never free." - Unknown


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


179. "We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us." - Winston Churchill


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


181. "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


182. "The patriot's blood is the seed of freedom's tree." -Thomas Campbell


183. "Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." - Michel de Montaigne


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


185. "Better to fight for something than live for nothing." - General George S. Patton


186. "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


187. "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." - José Narosky


188. "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


189. "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." - Thucydides


190. "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 Jr.


191. "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


192. "I have not yet begun to fight!" - John Paul Jones


193. "In war there is no substitute for victory." - Douglas MacArthur


194. "Soldiers, when committed to a task, can't compromise. It's unrelenting devotion to the standards of duty and courage, absolute loyalty to others, not letting the task go until it's been done." - John Keegan


195. "Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - Franklin P. Jones


196. "Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it." - Pericles


197. "He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot will be victorious." - Sun Tzu


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


199. "Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back." - Publilius Syrus


200. "Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed." - Martin Luther King Jr.


201. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke


202. "The essence of war is violence. Moderation in war is imbecility." - Admiral Jack Fisher


203. "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


204. "You are remembered for the rules you break." - General Douglas MacArthur


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


206. "The soldier's heart, the soldier's spirit, the soldier's soul, are everything. Unless the soldier's soul sustains him, he cannot be relied upon and will fail himself, his commander, and his country in the end." - General George S. Patton Jr.


207. "I have not yet begun to fight!" - John Paul Jones


208. "Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - Franklin P. Jones


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


210. "Heroes are made in the the battle"


211. "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." - Adlai E. Stevenson II


212. "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 Jr.


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


214. "We don't know them all, but we owe them all." - Anonymous


215. "Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons." - General Douglas MacArthur


216. "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


217. "Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny." - C.S. Lewis


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


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


220. "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


221. "There's strong. Then there's Army strong." - U.S. Army


222. "In war, there are no winners, only survivors." - Anonymous


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


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


225. "I have not yet begun to fight!" - John Paul Jones


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 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 Jr.


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


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


230. "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


231. "The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists." - Unknown


232. "The military is the best representation of our values, our beliefs, and our sense of duty." - Dan Lipinski


233. "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." - Muhammad Ali


234. "Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes." - Carl Sandburg


235. "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


236. "It does not 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.


237. "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deeds, who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - Theodore Roosevelt


238. "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


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


240. "A true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." - G.K. Chesterton


241. "Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem." - Ronald Reagan


242. "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


243. "The soldier who fights to death never dies, but the soldier who fights for existence never truly exists." - Unknown


244. "No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he is vigilant in its preservation." - Douglas MacArthur


245. "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


246. "Freedom is the wind beneath the wings of our nation's pride." - Unknown


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


248. "The best way to predict your future is to create it." - Abraham Lincoln


249. "The uniform is a symbol of duty and valor. It is a badge of courage and a mark of distinction, a proud reminder of what it means to serve." - Unknown


250. "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


251. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke


252. "We cannot win this war on terror if people are undercutting us. And one way to undercut us is to empower Iran." - Mitt Romney


253. "Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again." - Ronald Reagan


254. "We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would harm us." - Winston Churchill


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


256. "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 Jr.


257. "Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer." - Ronald Reagan


258. "They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them." - Laurence Binyon


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


260. "Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell


261. "I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison


262. "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 Jr.


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


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


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


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


267. "Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." - Michel de Montaigne


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


269. "Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We


270. "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace." - George Washington


271. "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 Jr.


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


273. "When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep?" - George Canning


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


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


276. "The truth of the matter is that you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it." - Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.


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


278. "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country." - Nathan Hale


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


280. "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


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


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


283. "Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." - Michel de Montaigne


284. "Some people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem." - Ronald Reagan


285. "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 Jr.


286. "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


287. "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


288. "We sleep safely at night because rough men stand ready to do violence on those who would harm us." - George Orwell


289. "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


290. "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem." - Ronald Reagan


291. "The best way to predict your future is to create it." - Abraham Lincoln


292. "Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes." - Carl Sandburg


293. "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 Jr.


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


295. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke


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


297. "In war, there are no winners, only survivors." - Anonymous


298. "It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, but who does actually strive to do the deeds, who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he


301. "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


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


303. "One of the greatest casualties of war is the truth." - Hiram W. Johnson


304. "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 Jr.


305. "On this Armed Forces Day, we salute the brave men and women who risk their lives every day to protect our country and defend our freedom."


306. "Freedom is never free, and we must always honor, appreciate and thank those who defend it."


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


308. "It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who has given us the freedom to protest. 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


309. "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 at Gettysburg


310. "I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot." - Gary Hart


311. "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke


312. "We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would harm us." - Winston Churchill


313. "Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." - Michel de Montaigne


314. "I can imagine no more rewarding a career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worthwhile, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: 'I served in the United States Navy.'" - John F. Kennedy


315. "Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" - Mary Anne Radmacher


316. "It's not just about bravery and sacrifice, but about doing what is right for our country and our fellow citizens."


317. "Our servicemen and women are true heroes, and we owe them our deepest gratitude and respect."


318. "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." - Nelson Mandela


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


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


321. "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


322. "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


323. "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


324. "Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth." - Muhammad Ali


325. "Our military personnel put themselves on the front lines every day to protect our freedom and keep us safe."


326. "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


327. "We owe our veterans a debt we can never repay, but we can honor their sacrifice and work to make our country a better place for all."


328. "There is no greater love than to lay down one's




329. "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 Jr.


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


331. "The brave men and women who serve our country represent the best of America."


332. "Our military personnel are not just soldiers, they are guardians of freedom and protectors of our way of life."


333. "Their service reminds us that freedom isn't free, and we must always be grateful for those who are willing to defend it."


334. "To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace." - George Washington


335. "Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause." - Abraham Lincoln


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


337. "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


338. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King Jr.


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


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


341. "In war, there are no unwounded soldiers." - José Narosky


342. "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 Jr.


343. "The fight for freedom must go on until it is won; until our country is free and happy and peaceful as part of the community of man, we cannot rest." - Oliver Tambo


344. "No man is entitled to the blessings of freedom unless he is vigilant in its preservation." - Douglas MacArthur


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


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


347. "Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid." - Franklin P. Jones


348. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs


349. "The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave." - Patrick Henry


350. "We are not retreating—we are advancing in another direction." - Douglas MacArthur


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


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


353. "The best way to predict the future is to create it." - Peter Drucker


354. "Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who have the courage to defend it." - Pericles


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


356. "A true hero is not someone who thinks of themselves first, but someone who is selfless and puts others before themselves."


357. "Soldiers are the true heroes of our world. They leave their homes and families to protect ours, and we must always honor their sacrifice."


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


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


360. "We remember the fallen, but we also celebrate the brave men and women who have dedicated their lives to serving our country and defending our freedom."


361. "Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear." - Ambrose Redmoon


362. "On Armed Forces Day, we express our profound gratitude to the men and women who have bravely served and sacrificed for our nation." – John M. McHugh


363. “Our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen have answered the call of duty with courage and honor.” – Joe Biden


364. “Let us never forget that our freedom has been secured by service and sacrifice of the courageous men and women in uniform throughout history.” – Jim Costa


365. “What a beautiful day this is for paying tribute to those serving in our Armed Forces!” – Tim Kaine


366. “On this day, let us recognize the sacrifices made by those who serve in our military—past and present—and their families.” – Rick Larsen 


367. “We are forever grateful for the selflessness, courage, and dedication of all members of armed forces who put their lives on the line every day to protect ours!” – Seth Moulton 


368. “Today we celebrate all of the brave Americans who have chosen to serve in our military—past, present, and future! Thank you for your service!” - Jared Huffman 


369. “Armed Forces Day honors all those who serve or have served in any branch of the United States Military! We owe them so much! Thank you for protecting us!” - Dave Loebsack 


370. “Honoring those who serve on Armed Forces Day is a reminder that they uphold the values we cherish as citizens: service above self; strength through diversity; liberty built on honor; and leadership from the front lines." - Marcy Kaptur 


371. "Service members have earned every benefit they receive from being honored on this special day: respect for their valor, loyalty to their country, commitment to peace around the world." - Jerry Moran 


372. "The soldiers defending America's freedoms deserve more than a salute; they deserve thanks from a grateful nation." - Bob Goodlatte 


373. "Freedom isn't free--it comes at a high price paid by brave men and women willing to risk everything for their country." - Vicky Hartzler 


374. "This is a day to thank veterans for their service past and present...for answering when called upon...for honoring their commitment...for putting duty first without hesitation." - Rob Bishop 


375. "Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul." - Michel de Montaigne


376. "Freedom is never free." - Author Unknown


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


378. "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 has given 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, USMC


379. "For the veteran, thank you for bravely doing what you’re called to do so we can safely do what we’re free to do." - Author Unknown


380. "On this Armed Forces Day, let us salute the bravery and dedication of those who have served our country and continue to serve it today." - President Barack Obama


381. "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." - General Norman Schwarzkopf Jr.


 

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