Top 10 Memorial Day Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “They shall not grow old, as we that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning we will remember them.”

— Laurence Binyon

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2. “We are forever indebted to those who have given their lives that we might be free.”

— Ronald Reagan

Also featured in: Service Quotes, Military Quotes, Grateful Quotes, Quotes on Liberty

3. “Death leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal.”

— Anonymous

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4. “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”

— Joseph Campbell

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5. “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”

— Thomas Campbell

Also featured in: Legacy Quotes, Loss Quotes, Quotes About Heart

6. “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

— Nathan Hale

Also featured in: Freedom Quotes, Duty Quotes, Sacrifice Quotes, History Quotes, Country Quotes

7. “God bless America, land that I love.”

— Irving Berlin

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8. “Old soldiers never die; they just fade away.”

— Douglas MacArthur

Also featured in: Service Quotes, Military Quotes, Veteran's Day Quotes

9. “Life is eternal, and love is immortal, and death is only a horizon; and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.”

— Rossiter W. Raymond

10. “Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.”

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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11. “When you go home, tell them of us and say, for their tomorrow we gave our today.”

— John Maxwell Edmonds

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12. “The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.”

— Calvin Coolidge