{"id":6448,"date":"2022-12-31T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/?p=6448"},"modified":"2023-01-02T12:19:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T17:19:13","slug":"134-quotes-and-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/134-quotes-and-happy-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"#134 \u2013 Quotes\u2026 and Happy New Year!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a plethora of veteran memes and quotes floating around. I\u2019ve found some on the Internet, some I&#8217;ve seen in restaurants, and some hang on the walls of old-timey stores. I wanted to take a quick moment to share with you a few that I have come across over the years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I don&#8217;t know about you, but I&#8217;m ready to close out 2022 and am looking forward to 2023. I wish you and yours a very Happy New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">From \u201call of us\u201d at <strong><em>A Veteran\u2019s Journey<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him.\u201d \u2013 <em>G.K. Chesterton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuty, honor, country: Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be.\u201d \u2013 <em>Douglas MacArthur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSome people live an entire lifetime and wonder if they have ever made a difference in the world, but the Marines don\u2019t have that problem.\u201d \u2013 <em>Ronald Reagan<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is nothing more nobler than risking your life for your country.\u201d \u2013 <em>Nick Lampson<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.\u201d \u2013 <em>Elmer Davis<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNever was so much owed by so many to so few.\u201d \u2013 <em>Winston Churchill<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe don\u2019t know them all, but we owe them all.\u201d \u2013 <em>Unknown<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.\u201d \u2013 <em>Joseph Campbell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFreedom makes a huge requirement of every human being. With freedom comes responsibility.\u201d \u2013 <em>Eleanor Roosevelt<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOur debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.\u201d \u2013 <em>Harry S. Truman<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who die. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.\u201d \u2013 <em>George S. Patton, Jr.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe 80th Infantry Division Only Moves Forward.\u201d \u2013 <em>General Aldebert Cronkhite<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMy heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place\u2014police, firefighters, and members of our armed forces.\u201d \u2013 <em>Sidney Sheldon<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Women who stepped up were measured as citizens of the nation, not as women&#8230; this was a people&#8217;s war, and everyone was in it.&#8221; &#8211; <em>Col Oveta C. Hobby<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe willingness of America\u2019s veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.\u201d \u2013 <em>Jeff Miller<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHonor to the soldier and sailor everywhere, who bravely bears his country\u2019s cause. Honor, also, to the citizen who cares for his brother in the field and serves, as he best can, the same cause.\u201d \u2013 <em>Abraham Lincoln<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.\u201d \u2013 <em>Barack Obama<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCourage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear\u2014not absence of fear.\u201d \u2013 <em>Mark Twain<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.\u201d \u2013 <em>John F. Kennedy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.\u201d \u2013 <em>Joseph Campbell<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.\u201d \u2013 <em>Cynthia Ozick<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTo those in uniform serving today and to those who have served in the past, we honor you today and every day.\u201d \u2013 <em>Unknown<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAsk not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.\u201d \u2013 <em>John F. Kennedy<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.\u201d \u2013 <em>Alexander Hamilton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmerican without her soldiers would be like God without His angels.\u201d \u2013 <em>Claudia Pemberton<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.\u201d \u2013 <em>General Douglas MacArthur<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBravery is the capacity to perform properly even when scared to death.\u201d \u2013 <em>General Omar Bradley<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cValor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.\u201d \u2013 <em>Michel de Montaigne<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.\u201d \u2013 <em>General Norman Schwarzkopf<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am not a hero, but the brave men who died deserved this honor.\u201d \u2013<em> Ira Hayes<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m proud to be an American, where at least I know I\u2019m free. And I won\u2019t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.\u201d \u2013 <em>Lee Greenwood<\/em> (\u201cGod Bless the U.S.A.\u201d)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn war, there are no unwounded soldiers.\u201d \u2013 <em>Jos<\/em><em>\u00e9 Narosky<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color has-text-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#000030\"><strong>Andy Adkins<\/strong>\u00a0is a US Navy veteran (\u201973-77) and the author of several books, including\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.azadkinsiii.com\/book_closer.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You Can\u2019t Get Much Closer Than This-Combat with the 80th \u201cBlue Ridge\u201d Division in World War II Europe<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, published by Casemate Publishers (2005) and selected as the Book of the Month for the Military Book Club. His newest novel,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/book_never.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><em>NEVER FORGET<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, is the story of\u00a0<em>A Vietnam Veteran\u2019s Journey for Redemption &amp; Forgiveness<\/em>;\u00a0<strong>NEVER FORGET<\/strong>\u00a0is offered as a FREE (PDF, eBook format) download. Adkins also writes a weekly blog,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/azadkinsiii.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cA Veteran\u2019s Journey.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a plethora of veteran memes and quotes floating around. I\u2019ve found some on the Internet, some I&#8217;ve seen in restaurants, and some hang on the walls of old-timey stores. 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