Armed Forces Day Quotes, Sayings for Armed Forces Day

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To lead uninstructed people to war is to throw them away.
- Confucius

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Where liberty dwells, there is my country.
-Benjamin Franklin

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

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

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

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The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.
-Eric Hoffer

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Then join hand in hand, brave Americans all!By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall.
-John Dickinson

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Only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.
- John F. Kennedy

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Better than honor and glory, and History’s iron pen,Was the thought of duty done and the love of his fellow men.
-Richard Watson Gilder

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Word to the Nation: Guard zealously your right to serve in the Armed Forces, for without them, there will be no other rights to guard.
- John F. Kennedy

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My God! How little do my countrymen know what precious blessings they are in possession of, and which no other people on earth enjoy!
-Thomas Jefferson

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If the enemy is in range, so are you.
- Infantry Journal

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The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
- Thomas Jefferson

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The more comfort the less courage there is.
- Aleksandr V. Suvorov

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Bravery is being the only one who knows you’re afraid.
- David Hackworth Li

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There is no security in this life. There is only opportunity.
- Douglas MacArthur

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Having lost sight of our objectives we need to redouble our efforts.
- Anonymous

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Soldiers usually win the battles and generals get the credit for them.
- Napoleon Bonaparte

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Coffee tastes better if the latrines are dug downstream from an encampment.
- Proverb

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If it moves, salute it; if it doesn’t move, pick it up; and if you can’t pick it up, paint it.
- Anonymous

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From time to time, the tree of liberty must be watered with the blood of tyrants and patriots.
- Thomas Jefferson

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Whoever said the pen is mightier than the sword obviously never encountered automatic weapons.
- General MacArthur

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May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!
- Daniel Webster

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Hard pressed on my right. My center is yielding. Impossible to maneuver. Situation excellent. I am attacking.
- Ferdinand Foch

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Bravery knows no cowardice.

Submitted by Arthur H. Kolasinski.