Gratitude Quotes

"Thankfulness is a blessing from Allah."

- Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

"So remember Me, I will remember you. And be grateful to Me and do not deny Me."

- Quran

"This is not goodbye, my darling, this is thank you."

- Nicholas Sparks

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard."

- A.A. Milne

"This is not a goodbye, my darling, this is a thank you."

- Nicholas Sparks

"Thank God I found the GOOD in goodbye."

- Beyonce Knowles

"Each day provides its own gifts."

- Marcus Aurelius

"Say not in grief that he is no more, but live in thankfulness that he was."

- Rabindranath Tagore

"No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks."

- James Allen

"If the only prayer you said was ‘thank you,’ that would be enough."

- Meister Eckhart

"Honoring the sacrifices many have made for our country in the name of freedom and democracy is the very foundation of Veterans Day."

- Charles B. Rangel

"It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived."

- General George S. Patton

"Never was so much owed by so many to so few."

- Winston Churchill

"On thy grave the rain shall fall from the eyes of a mighty nation!"

- Thomas William Parsons

"America’s Veterans have served their country with the belief that democracy and freedom are ideals to be upheld around the world."

- John Doolittle

"Our Veterans accepted the responsibility to defend America and uphold our values when duty called."

- Bill Shuster

"The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude."

- Jeff Miller

"Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few."

- Winston Churchill

"Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country's cause."

- Abraham Lincoln

"The young patriots now returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan and other deployments worldwide are joining the ranks of veterans to whom America owes an immense debt of gratitude."

- Steve Buyer

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation."

- George Washington

"To us in America, the reflections of Armistice Day will be filled with solemn pride in the heroism of those who died in the country’s service and with gratitude for the victory."

- Woodrow Wilson

"The person you pass as you walk down the street might not be wearing our nation’s uniform today. But consider for a moment that a year or a decade or a generation ago, he or she might have been one of our fellow citizens who was willing to lay down their life for strangers like us."

- Barack Obama

"Our veterans represent the best of America. You are the very spine of America, not just the backbone. You’re the spine of this country. And all of us—all of us—owe you."

- Joe Biden

"What veterans have given our country is beyond our power to fully repay, yet, today we recognize our debt to their honor."

- George W. Bush

"We owe each of you that have served a lifelong debt of gratitude. The cause you pursued at the call of duty is the noblest America has to offer."

- George W. Bush

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

- John F. Kennedy

"I respect every soldier, from every country, who serves beside us in the hard work of history. America is grateful, and America will not forget."

- George W. Bush

"Gratitude turns what we have into enough."

"We don’t know them all, but we owe them all."