Memorial Quotes

290 quotes by 235 authors

I had two family members involved in World War I: two great-uncles. One of them is on a memorial in France. And the other was… — Ben Barnes
Change your life today. Don't gamble on the future, act now, without delay. — Simone de Beauvoir
I am going to take something I learned over in Israel. Their Independence Day is preceded the 24 hours before with Memorial Day, so it… — Glenn Beck
Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. — Henry Ward Beecher
I have no regrets. I wouldn't have lived my life the way I did if I was going to worry about what people were going… — Ingrid Bergman
On Memorial Day, I don't want to only remember the combatants. There were also those who came out of the trenches as writers and poets,… — Eric Burdon
After the Great Depression and after public urging, a nationwide public competition was held to determine a design for a memorial that would honor President… — Russ Carnahan
Every man's life is a fairy tale written by God's fingers. — Hans Christian Andersen
Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial. — Pericles
The average American is nothing if not patriotic. — Herbert Croly
The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men. — Minot Judson Savage
I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism. — Bob Riley
Freedom of speech and freedom of action are meaningless without freedom to think. And there is no freedom of thought without doubt. — Bergen Evans
With the tears a Land hath shed. Their graves should ever be green. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Ah! never shall the land forget. — William C. Bryant
Our cheer goes back to them, the valiant dead! Laurels and roses on their graves to-day, lilies and laurels over them we lay, and violets… — Richard Hovey
They hover as a cloud of witnesses above this Nation. — Henry Ward Beecher
Cover them over with beautiful flowers, Deck them with garlands, those brothers of ours, Lying so silent by night and by day Sleeping the years… — Will Carleton
As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions… — Simon Newcomb
I don't have to tell you how fragile this precious gift of freedom is. Every time we hear, watch, or read the news, we are… — Ronald Reagan

Who Wrote These Memorial Quotes

235 authors contributed a total of 290 Memorial Quotes, led by these top contributors: