Memorial Day Quotes

The dead soldier's silence sings our national anthem.
- Aaron Kilbourn

Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.
- Wallace Bruce

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
- Joseph Campbell

The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree.
- Thomas Campbell

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 Drake

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

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

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.
- Benjamin Disraeli

The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.
- Minot J. Savage

Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.
- From a headstone in Ireland