31 Quotes for Memorial Day 2023

Rebecca C.

May 26

Memorial Day is more than the unofficial start of summer, cookouts, and traveling. The day is set aside to remember and honor all the brave military men and women who never came home. If you are using your social media to show your respect for the fallen, consider adding one of these quotes for Memorial Day.

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"Whether we observe the occasion through public ceremony or through private prayer, Memorial Day leaves few hearts unmoved. Each of the patriots whom we remember on this day was first a beloved son or daughter, a brother or sister, or a spouse, friend, and neighbor." – George H.W. Bush
"And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me." - Lee Greenwood
"Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay."- Barack Obama
"It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here gave the last full measure of devotion, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain." – Abraham Lincoln
"This is the day we pay homage to all those who didn't come home. This is not Veterans Day, it's not a celebration, it is a day of solemn contemplation over the cost of freedom." – Tamara Bolton
"The brave die never, though they sleep in dust, their courage nerves a thousand living men." - Minor J. Savage
"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
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived."- George S. Patton
"For love of country, they accepted death, and thus resolved all doubts, and made immortal their patriotism and their virtue."- James A. Garfield
"America without her soldiers would be like God without His angels."- Claudia Pemberton
"…And if words cannot repay the debt we owe these men, surely with our actions we must strive to keep faith with them and with the vision that led them to battle and to final sacrifice." – Ronald Reagan
"May we never forget our fallen comrades. Freedom isn't free." – Sgt. Major Bill Paxton
"On this Memorial Day, it is right for us to remember the living and the dead for whom the call of their country has meant pain and sacrifice. A grateful nation is in their debt." – Lyndon B. Johnson
"In Flanders fields the poppies blow; Between the crosses, row on row; That mark our place; and in the sky, the larks, still bravely singing, fly; Scarce heard amid the guns below." - John McCrae
"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." – Winston Churchill
"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
"It's better to fight for something in life than to die for nothing." – Gen. George S. Patton
"If you want to thank a soldier, be the kind of American worth fighting for." – Unknown
"Our obligations to our country never cease but with our lives."- John Adams
"Ceremonies are important. But our gratitude has to be more than visits to the troops, and once-a-year Memorial Day ceremonies. We honor the dead best by treating the living well." – Jennifer M. Granholm
"Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours."- Wallace Bruce
"And they who for their country die shall fill an honored grave, for glory lights the soldier's tomb, and beauty weeps the brave." – Joseph Rodman Drake
"Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." – Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." – Unknown
"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." – Joseph Campbell
"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God such men lived." – George S. Patton
"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." – Martin Luther King, Jr.
"The patriot's blood is the seed of freedom's tree." – Thomas Campbell
"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."– John Thune
"I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism."– Bob Riley
"Memorial Day isn't just about honoring veterans, it's 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