In the USA, Veterans Day annually falls on November 11. This day is the anniversary of the signing of the armistice, which ended the World War I hostilities between the Allied nations and Germany in 1918. Veterans are thanked for their services to the United States on Veterans Day.
Veterans Day Quotes
“How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!”
– Maya Angelou
“Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.”
– Michel de Montaigne
“The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war.”
– Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
“But the freedom that they fought for,
and the country grand they wrought for,
Is their monument to-day, and for aye.”
-Thomas Dunn English
“Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day.”
– Charles B. Rangel
“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
“But this Veterans Day, I believe we should do more than sing the praises of the bravery and patriotism that our veterans have embodied in the past. We should take this opportunity to re-evaluate how we are treating our veterans in the present.”
– Nick Lampson
“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
Once we have a war there is only one thing to do. It must be won. For defeat brings worse things than any that can ever happen in war.
– Ernest Miller Hemmingway
“The number of medals on an officer’s breast varies in inverse proportion to the square of the distance of his duties from the front line.”
– Charles Edward Montague
Veterans Day Infographic
Infographic source: American Psychiatric Association
