Patriotism, Kindness, and the Enduring Spirit of Humankind: 62 Quotes to Remind Us of That for Which We Stand

Happy 4^th of July!

May these quotes inspire you on Independence Day and throughout the year.

Loyalty to the nation all the time, loyalty to the government when it deserves it. ~ Mark Twain

 

To have endured horrors, to have seen the worst of humanity and have your life made unrecognizable by it, to come out of all that honorable and brave – that was magical. ~ Ransom Riggs

 

Courage is the most important of all virtues, because without courage, you cannot practice any of the other virtues consistently. ~ Maya Angelou

 

While we proceed to safeguard our national interests, let us also safeguard human interests…This generation of Americans has already had enough – more than enough – of war and hate and oppression. We shall be prepared if others wish it. We shall be alert to try to stop it. But we shall also do our part to build a world of peace where the weak are safe and the strong are just. ~ John F. Kennedy (1963)

 

Some live their lives for an award, but we live our lives to reward, we serve. ~ Bernard Kelvin Clive

 

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. ~ Edmund Burke

 

I should like to be able to love my country and still love justice. ~ Albert Camus

 

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ~ Mark Twain

 

As you ascend, make sure that you bring other people along up with you. ~ Sterling K. Brown

 

All battles are fought by scared men who’d rather be someplace else. ~ John Wayne

 

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

 

Down in their hearts, wise men know this truth: the only way to help yourself is to help others. ~ Elbert Hubbard

 

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. ~ Mohammed Ali

 

How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world! ~ Anne Frank

 

Together – one of the most inspiring words in the English language. Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. ~ Edward Everett Hale

 

For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children’s future. And we are all mortal. ~ John F. Kennedy

 

Sometimes those who give the most are the ones with the least to spare. ~ Mike McIntyre

 

Above all, don’t fear difficult moments. The best come from them. ~ Rita Levi-Montalcini

 

Wishing good, merely, is a lukewarm charity; but doing good is divine. ~ James Lendall Basford

 

Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. ~ William James

 

If you get, give. If you learn, teach. ~ Maya Angelou

 

In this life, people will love you. People will hate you. And none of this will have to do with you. ~ Abraham-Hicks

 

What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us. ~ Ted Kennedy

 

You will face your greatest opposition when you are closest to your biggest miracle. ~ Shannon L. Alder

 

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, “What's in it for me?” ~ Brian Tracy

 

No one can tell what goes on in between the person you were and the person you become. No one can chart that blue and lonely section of hell. There are no maps of the change. You just come out the other side. Or you don’t. ~ Stephen King

 

Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. ~ Christopher Reeve

 

In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it. ~ Barack Obama

 

Sometimes even to live is an act of courage. ~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca

 

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. ~ Leo Tolstoy

 

Our elders say that the sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them. ~ Chinua Achebe

 

Everyone is born equal; we all come into the world helpless and innocent. ~ Anne Frank

 

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

 

Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. ~ J.K. Rowling

 

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It’s not. ~ Dr. Seuss

 

While earning your daily bread, be sure you share a slice with those less fortunate. ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

 

and when we speak we are afraid

our words will not be heard

nor welcomed

but when we are silent

we are still afraid

So it is better to speak

remembering

we were never meant to survive ~ Audre Lorde

 

I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do. ~ Edward Everett Hale

 

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~ African Proverb

 

Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain. ~ May Sarton

 

Even in its darkest passages, the heart is unconquerable. It is important that the body survives, but it is more meaningful that the human spirit prevails. ~ Dave Pelzer

 

No one else can decide

What your tough looks like. ~ Clementine von Radics

 

Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. ~ Horace Mann

 

Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light. ~ Norman B. Rice

 

Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. ~ Sally Koch

 

When you dig another out of their troubles, you find a place to bury your own. ~ Author Unknown

 

Temper us in fire, and we grow stronger. When we suffer, we survive. ~ Cassandra Clare

 

Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man’s soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it. ~ Laura Hillenbrand

 

Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you. ~ Mother Teresa

 

You don’t drown by falling in the water; you drown by staying there. ~ Edwin Louis Cole

 

Taking a risk to survive isn’t that impressive. Taking a risk to be happy, that takes guts. ~ Sarah Noffke

 

You never know what will save you. ~ Abbey Wilson

 

Scars are not signs of weakness, they are signs of survival and endurance. ~ Rodney A. Winters

 

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving individuals. We all must work for our own improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity. ~ Marie Curie

 

For the human soul is virtually indestructible, and its ability to rise from the ashes remains as long as the body draws breath. ~ Alice Miller

 

Savor your existence. Live every moment. Do not waste a breath. ~ Nando Parrado

 

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it. ~ Robertson Davies

 

The willingness to share does not make one charitable; it makes one free. ~ Robert Brault

 

War is not for winning…It is for surviving. ~ Catherynne M. Valente

 

I wondered why somebody didn’t do something. Then I realized, I am somebody. ~ Author Unknown

 

To dream by night is to escape your life. To dream by day is to make it happen. ~ Stephen Richards

 

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. ~ Author Unknown

 

 

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