Thursday, November 11, 2010

Honoring All Who Have Served (Past, Present, and Future) God Bless!




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


It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you. ~Author unknown, sometimes attributed to M. Grundler


In war, there are no unwounded soldiers. ~José Narosky


This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave. ~Elmer Davis


But fame is theirs - and future days
On pillar'd brass shall tell their praise;
Shall tell - when cold neglect is dead -
"These for their country fought and bled."
~Philip Freneau


Freedom is never free. ~Author Unknown


I think there is one higher office than president and I would call that patriot. ~Gary Hart


When our perils are past, shall our gratitude sleep? ~George Canning


As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ~John Fitzgerald Kennedy


Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul. ~Michel de Montaigne


I dream of giving birth to a child who will ask, "Mother, what was war?" ~Eve Merriam


We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude. ~Cynthia Ozick


Lord, bid war's trumpet cease;
Fold the whole earth in peace.
~Oliver Wendell Holmes


How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! ~Maya Angelou


When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb


The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums. ~Arthur Koestler, Janus: A Summing Up


The more we sweat in peace the less we bleed in war. ~Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit


Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. ~G.K. Chesterton


How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
~William Shakespeare, Merchant of Venice, much later adapted to "So shines a good deed in a weary world" by David Seltzer for the 1971 film Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory


In the beginning of a change, the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot. ~Mark Twain, Notebook, 1935

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