In Long Weekends and Holidays, we create many unforgettable memories. But below are some memorable day quotes to remember and honor all the soldiers who served for our country and died in that service. These inspiring, moving and patriotic quotes are shared to thank soldiers and women for their courage on this memorable Day Weekend.

Famous Memorial Day Quotes

• “America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels.”
• “The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy. They have dedicated their lives to their country and deserve to be recognized for their commitment.”
• “Without memory, there is no culture. Without memory, there would be no civilization, no future.”
• “And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier’s tomb, and beauty weeps the brave.”
• “The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.”
• “Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.”
• “Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die.”
• “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”
• “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.”
• “Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.”
• “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter the words, but to live by them.”
• “Patriotism is not short, frenzied outburst of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.”
• “Patriotism is when the love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.”
• “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.”
• “The willingness of America’s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.”

Memorial Day Quotes and Sayings

• “The brave die never, though they sleep in the dust, their courage nerves a thousand living men.”
• “May we never forget freedom isn’t free.”
• “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.”
• “A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.”
• “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 the love of country, they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue.”
• “The patriot’s blood is the seed of freedom’s tree.”
• “Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die.”
• “Regard your soldiers as your children, and they will follow you into the deepest valleys; look upon them as your own beloved sons, and they will stand by you even unto death.”
• “The legacy of heroes — the memory of a great name, and the inheritance of a great example.”
• “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.”
• “I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.”
• “Overall our happy country – over all our Nation spread, is a band of noble heroes– is our Army of the Dead.”
• “What I can do for my country, I am willing to do.”
• “No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.”
• “It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived.”
• “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.”
• “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.”
• “There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.”