Memorial Quotes · Page 4

The best memorial for a mighty man is to gain honor ere death.

— Decimius Magnus Ausonius

Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

— Pericles

Buffer between commercial, memorial and retail space.

— Daniel Libeskind

The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.

— William Westmoreland

I have asked to have no funeral, and no memorial service. I hate other people's and would certainly not appreciate my own.

— Charles Saatchi

Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We shall pay any price, bear any burden, to assure the survival and the success of liberty.

— John F. Kennedy

And there's the Victoria Memorial, built as a memorial to Victoria.

— David Dimbleby

They are dead; but they live in each Patriot's breast, And their names are engraven on honor's bright crest.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Even though I couldn't make the memorial today I just couldn't say goodbye to her.

— Ritu Ghatourey

What seems to us but dim funeral tapers may be heaven's distant lamps.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

I have been living in Germany for one year and my impression is that people here are on a quest for the…

— Liao Yiwu

I haven't taught since 2004, but I taught high school English for seven years, primarily at a place called Haddonfield Memorial, which…

— Matthew Quick

Designating June 12th as Women Veterans Appreciation Day will help bring attention to the unique needs of women veterans in the United…

— Mikie Sherrill

My name is Natasha Trethewey, and I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1966, exactly 100 years to the day that Mississippi…

— Natasha Trethewey

We owe this freedom of choice and action to those men and women in uniform who have served this nation and its…

— Ronald Reagan

To all those who so selflessly and bravely served our country, THANK YOU. Without you we would not have the rights &…

— Nishan Panwar

Four things support the world: the learning of the wise, the justice of the great, the prayers of the good, and the…

— Anonymous

“That's the trouble with planting live thing to remember the dead; sometimes what you plant doesn't live as long as you'd like…

— Meagan Church

If the world were to end tomorrow and we could choose to save only one thing as the explanation and memorial to…

— A. A. Gill

We cannot wait for others to make a difference, we have to be the change ourselves. To be a part of the…

— Hadiqa Kiani

When you come to Montgomery, you see fifty-nine monuments and memorials, all about the Civil War, all about Confederate leaders and generals.…

— Bryan Stevenson

All that was required of them (i.e. the brain-washed masses) was a primitive patriotism which could be appealed to whenever it was…

— George Orwell

The [Vietnam War Memorial] Wall became a magnet for citizens of every generation, class, race, and relationship to the war perhaps because…

— Adrienne Rich

When we ponder that vast throng who have died honorably defending home and hearth, we contemplate those immortal words, 'Greater love hath…

— Thomas S. Monson

I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that…

— Maya Lin

It is not merely the likeness which is precious... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

They fell, but o'er their glorious grave Floats free the banner of the cause they died to save.

— Francis Marion Crawford

This is what a memorial is: standing still, staring at something that isn’t ther

— David Levithan

All love, respect and honor to Veterans and their families. Your sacrifice does not go unnoticed.

— Anonymous

Thanks Veterans of all stripes and services, this country wouldn't be here if not for you. Happy Veterans Day.

— Anonymous

This veterans day, never forget those that give their todays, for our tomorrows.

— Anonymous

We must kill them in war, just because they live beyond the river. If they lived on this side, we would be…

— Blaise Pascal

The government is trying to now close the Lincoln Memorial for any kind of large gatherings.

— Glenn Beck

Your silent tents of green We deck with fragrant flowers; Yours has the suffering been, The memory shall be ours.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

If I shouldn't be alive When the Robins come, Give the one in Red Cravat, A Memorial crumb.

— Emily Dickinson

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

— Harold MacMillan

Let's spend Memorial Day weekend damaging our bodies enough to ensure the military never wants us.

— Anonymous

Today we pause for our veterans. We can never thank you enough for your service, your commitment & your heroism.

— Anonymous

With pride and honor, we salute our armed services Veterans. Happy Veterans Day!

— Anonymous