Memorial Day Quotes Quotes

“Remembering our loved ones is breathing life into their fading images, that we might once more see their faces and pass along a tearful “I miss you.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

“On this day, take time to remember those who have fallen. But on every day after, do more; put the freedoms they died for to greater and nobler uses.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich, Slaying Dragons: Quotes, Poetry, & a Few Short Stories for Every Day of the Year

“Bless the brave and courageous. We honor those that sacrificed their lives. Let us affirm now that in our future, such courage can be utilized to changing our world for the better and not for war.

Thanking all the servicemen, women and K-9 that have given the ultimate sacrifice for your country.”
― Eileen Anglin, The Path of the White Rose Book of Prayers Invocations for Healing, Creating Miracles for Ourselve

“We are not strangers
On Memorial Day
But rather
Keepers of memory
In a Peace Lily Garden”
― Nanette L. Avery

“There’s something special about visiting a graveyard. Both life and death meet together in time.”
― Eric Overby

“Memorial Day Sonnet

We don't want your celebration,
We don't want you to honor us.
All we want is for you to grow up,
And end all tribalism that kills us.
A thousand holidays can't bring us back,
Nor can they wipe the tears of our spouses.
How will you console our children,
How will you comfort our broken parents!
Enough with your flowers and rituals,
Enough with your crocodile care!
If you have an iota of humanity,
Step up and make all divides disappear.
Yet if you still want to live life as tribal,
Rest assured we'll give ours with a smile.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Mucize Insan: When The World is Family

“Civilized beings take responsibility for the conflicts of the world and actively work towards a future that needs no 24/7 military, rather than accepting the death of a soldier as the norm and celebrating it as a glorious occasion.”
― Abhijit Naskar

“Thousands of soldiers came home to their family farms, but some never returned, lost on battlefields, far from the tranquil pastures and winding rivers of their youth.”
― Arlene Stafford-Wilson, Lanark County Comfort

“Religious and social tradition has been replaced with current fad and the opinion that the past isn’t needed. We have become a people from nowhere in particular and disconnected from each other. In gathering the past, we remember ourselves and can forgive the members of our history for their shortfalls.”
― Eric overby

“There’s something special about visiting a graveyard. Both life and death meet together in time. We see the members of a community and a lineage that, while not always perfect, are a part of us all. In remembering, we re-member ourselves together as members of each other, as the inheritance of people that we did not know, connected together, even beyond time.”
― Eric overby

“Freedom’s price is paid; our repayment is excellence—lead with integrity, serve with heart, and let every effort honor their sacrifice.”
― Farshad Asl