These salute quotes will inspire you. Salute, the act of moving your right hand to your forehead as a sign of respect to a military officer, flag, etc, or a gesture of respect, homage, or polite recognition or acknowledgment, especially one made to or by a person when arriving or departing.
A collection of motivating, happy, and encouraging salute quotes, salute sayings, and salute proverbs.
Best Salute Quotes
- “I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.” ~ Alanis Morissette
- “I salute every individual who honours the core values of peace and help in one way or another to make a difference.” ~ Widad Akrawi
- “Life laughs at you when you are unhappy; Life smiles at you when you are happy; But life salutes you when you make other happy.” ~ Charlie Chaplin
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“The love in me salutes the love in you.” ~ Marianne Williamson
- “Many have left their families to defend our freedom. We salute their bravery; we express our appreciation and support to their families. And we pray for their safe return.” ~ Bob Taft
- “Life salutes u when u make others happy” ~ Charlie Chaplin
- “Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.” ~ Tecumseh
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“Salute to the Smiling Faces of the 21st Century.” ~ Daisaku Ikeda
- “There is only one thing that a man really wants to do, all his life; and that is, to find his way to his God, his Morning Star, salute his fellow man, and enjoy the woman who has come the long way with him.” ~ D. H. Lawrence
- “I salute you! There is nothing I can give you which you have not; but there is much, that, while I cannot give you, you can take. No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take Heaven. No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present instant. Take Peace. The gloom of the world is but a shadow; behind it, yet, within our reach, is joy. Take Joy.” ~ Giovanni Giocondo
- “My wisdom flows from the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work together for unity and love.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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“Every man needs a blind eye and a deaf ear, so when people applaud, you’ll only hear half of it, and when people salute, you’ll only see part of it. Believe only half the praise and half the criticism.” ~ Charles Spurgeon
- “Let us work together for unity and love.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi
- “We salute the rank not the man” ~ Richard Winters
- “Always be sexy. I salute that message.” ~ Ted Cruz
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“POW 369, I should salute you from this heart of mine. And thank you for placing your life on the line.” ~ Darryl Worley
- “In uniform patriotism can salute one flag only, embrace but the first circle of life – one’s own land and tribe. In war that is necessary, in peace it is not enough.” ~ Bill Moyers
- “By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear.” ~ George Herbert
- “We all salute, with pride, the same American Flag. And we are equal – totally equal – in the eyes of Almighty God.” ~ Donald Trump
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“Hail, Caesar, those who are about to die salute thee.
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- “We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.” ~ Cynthia Ozick
- “If you can’t get them to salute when they should salute and wear the clothes you tell them to wear, how are you going to get them to die for their country?” ~ George S. Patton
- “I salute my desires with a bow.
were it not for them to come and play
mind would be empty just like me.” ~ Suman Pokhrel -
“I salute the light within your eyes where the whole universe dwells. For when you are at that center within you and I am at that place within me, we shall be one.” ~ Crazy Horse
- “Everyone needs to be proactive and know the various warning signs of cancer. Early detection and research to make detection easier at earlier stages, along with the treatments needs, is still a must. I salute all those winning the battle.” ~ Dennis Franz
- “By all means use sometimes to be alone. Salute thyself: see what thy soul doth wear. Dare to look in thy chest; for ‘Tis thine own: And tumble up and down what thou findst there. Who cannot rest till he good fellows find, he breaks up house, turns out of doors his mind.” ~ George Herbert
- “No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days – we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.” ~ Hillary Clinton
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“I, as school kid, was a member of the Civil Guard, something like today’s NCC. We had to salute our officers who went round in jeeps. So I thought one day I will also ride in a jeep and somebody else will salute me.” ~ Dhirubhai Ambani
- “Stand by your bed and salute me.” ~ Craig Ferguson
- “Before each one of my fights, I make a point of saluting my opponent. I salute the other fighter out of respect, even though he is trying to take something from me.” ~ Georges St-Pierre , Salute quotes respect
- “I used to say I live my life a quarter mile at a time and I think that’s why we were brothers- because you did, too. No matter where you are, whether it’s a quarter mile away or half way across the world. The most important thing in life, will always be the people in this room. Salute mi familia. You’ll always be with me… And you’ll always be my brother.” ~ Vin Diesel
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“Most Christians salute the sovereignty of God but believe in the sovereignty of man.” ~ R. C. Sproul
- “It is the month of June,
The month of leaves and roses,
When pleasant sights salute the eyes,
And pleasant scents the noses.” ~ Nathaniel Parker Willis - “Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place. Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.” ~ Tecumseh
- “The men who were well enough to stand had moved across the carriage to cheer the Italians as they went past. A crutch waved out of the window; bandaged forearms made the Red Salute. It was like an allegorical picture of war; the trainload of fresh men gliding proudly up the line, the maimed men sliding slowly down, and all the while the guns on the open trucks making one’s heart leap as guns always do, and reviving that pernicious feeling, so difficult to get rid of, that war *is* glorious after all.” ~ George Orwell
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“…and then she glared at me, the same glare my stepmother used to give me when I gave her the Nazi salute. That woman was so touchy about her resemblance to Hitler.” ~ Darynda Jones
- “But now I salute you who follow me,
It is my time to stand at ease … content.” ~ Christopher Vokes - “A man, so to speak, who is not able to bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in a condition to respectfully salute the world at any other time of the day.” ~ Douglas William Jerrold
- “We salute her for a life of remarkable achievements as an actor, as a diplomat, and most importantly as our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and adored wife for fifty-five years of the late and much missed Charles Alden Black.” ~ Shirley Temple
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“People who wish to salute the free and independent side of their evolutionary character acquire cats. People who wish to pay homage to their servile and salivating roots own dogs.” ~ Anna Quindlen
- “It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin is draped by the flag, who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that flag.” ~ Zell Miller
- “The man in the shop peered disapprovingly at Evie through the glass. She pumped her arms and legs up and down in imitation of a marching band, gave the man a salute, and continued her meandering walk to the museum.” ~ Libba Bray
- “This is how philosophers should salute each other: ‘Take your time.” ~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
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“A salute from this corner to President Bush for saying he was willing to investigate raising or eliminating the cap on salaries subject to the Social Security tax.” ~ Nick Clooney
- “Id love to spend more time on the Isle of Man. I love the anonymity of putting on a boiler suit and going down to buy parts for the compressor. And Norman Wisdoms a neighbour; I salute him occasionally.” ~ John Rhys-Davies
- “Pele called me the greatest footballer in the world. That is the ultimate salute to my life.” ~ George Best
- “Alas, day, you brought light,
You trailed splendour
You showed us god:
I salute you, most precious one,
But I go to a new place,
Another life.” ~ Hilda Doolittle -
“If God were only mighty, we would Salute Him. But since he is Merciful and Mighty, we can approach Him.” ~ Max Lucado
- “My dear colleagues, I thank you very very much for this tribute to my work. I think that Jane Fonda and I have done the best work of our lives, and I salute you and I pay tribute to you, and I think you should be very proud that in the last few weeks you have stood firm and you have refused to be intimidated by the threats of a small bunch of Zionist hoodlums whose behavior is an insult to the stature of Jews all over the world and to their great and heroic record of struggle against fascism and oppression. And I pledge to you that I will continue to fight against anti-Semitism and fascism.” ~ Vanessa Redgrave
- “Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse.” ~ George Washington
- “I know as actors our job is usually to shed our skins, but I think as people our job is to become who we really are and so I would like to salute the men and women who brave ostracism, alienation and a life lived on the margins to become who they really are.” ~ Felicity Huffman
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“I still need Marines who can shoot and salute. But I need Marines who can fix jet engines and man sophisticated radar sets, as well.” ~ Robert E. Cushman, Jr.
- “You take it from me, we are losing the war because we can salute too well.” ~ Erich Maria Remarque
- “If America is destroyed, it may be by Americans who salute the flag, sing the national anthem, march in patriotic parades, cheer Fourth of July speakers – normally good Americans, but Americans who fail to comprehend what is required to keep our country strong and free, Americans who have been lulled away into a false security.” ~ Ezra Taft Benson
- “The arts are essential to any complete national life. The State owes it to itself to sustain and encourage them. […] Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the reverence and delight which are their due.” ~ Winston Churchill
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“By all means sometimes be alone; salute thyself; see what thy soul doth wear; dare to look in thy chest; and tumble up and down what thou findest there.” ~ William Wordsworth
- “They that know one another salute a farre off.” ~ George Herbert
- “Hand that on parting squeezes your shoulder, salutes the small of your back.” ~ Joan Didion
- “If you go to former Yugoslav states, the Balkan states, Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro, Slovenia, the situation is dire. Not to mention Bosnia, which is just run like a colony. The way they used to stand up and sing hymns to President Tito, they now salute the EU flag. It’s a very strange transition that we’re witnessing in most of Europe, and I don’t think it’s going to work.” ~ Tariq Ali
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“flirtation … is a graceful salute to sex, a small impermanent spark between one human being and another, between a man and a woman not in need of fire.” ~ Marya Mannes
- “The inked fingers and the position of them, which is gonna be a ‘Daily Show’ photo already, of them signaling in this [Nazi salute] manner, as if they have solidarity with the Iraqis who braved physical threats against their lives to vote as if somehow these inked-fingered Republicans have something to do with that.” ~ Janeane Garofalo
- “No sadder sound salutes you than the clear, Wild laughter of the loon.” ~ Celia Thaxter
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“John Carlos provided the world with one of the most iconic images of the 1960s with his Black Power salute after a medal-winning performance at the 1968 summer games.” ~ Tavis Smiley
- “Were we to aim in every case at the kind of supreme beauty exemplified by Sta Maria della Salute, we should end with aesthetic overload. The clamorous masterpieces, jostling for attention side by side, would lose their distinctiveness, and the beauty of each of them would be at war with the beauty of the rest.” ~ Roger Scruton
- “The song seraphically free Of taint of personality, So pure that it salutes the suns The voice of one for millions, In whom the millions rejoice For giving their one spirit voice.” ~ George Meredith
