Peacetime Veterans Quotes & Sayings

If I were a man
I might not wear the cloak
of anonymity. — Stephanie Hemphill

It is all very well and it sounds very seductive to say we are going to have harmonisation of regulations, but for example the way that funds are distributed around the states these days, you are positively penalised if you actually want to have say a lower payroll tax or sort of conditions. — Campbell Newman

It is time to acknowledge the extraordinary sacrifice of all of our veterans. While many Massachusetts soldiers served our nation in a period technically dubbed 'peacetime,' they restored American pride in the wake of Vietnam and helped bring a successful end to the Cold War. The service of these men and women was not without cost. There are countless stories of soldiers who served with great distinction only to be denied veteran status after returning home. Every man and woman who volunteered to serve this country should be treated with the same degree of respect, gratitude and dignity. — Mitt Romney

Life is like a maze of doors and then all open on the side you're on.
Just keep on pushing hard, boy, try as you may ... you're going to wind up where you started from. — Yusuf Islam

Happiness is never a function of tribe or ethnicity anyone can find true love and happiness from anywhere. — Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha

He didn't create the spark, he set the fire — Karolyn James

I make a mean coconut macaroon. — Melissa McCarthy

At first I wondered why the room felt so safe. Then I realized it was because there were no windows. — Sylvia Plath

A lot of vices that I've had over the years were always to make up for some sort of character deficiency, one of them being shyness. — Slash

Gain control of the emotions. Be the helmsperson and not blown around by the winds of emotion. While there will be winds, you can navigate them or even use them to expedite your journey. — Frederick Lenz

Music is what I breath, what I love to do. It keeps me alive. — Miley Cyrus

You don't need directions, just point yourself to the top and go! — Dwayne Johnson

Mother's words of wisdom: Answer me! Don't talk with food in your mouth! — Erma Bombeck

Lucrezia has never seen her own face, and cannot know its expressions
how, at that moment, her smile was an explosion. — Lauren Groff