A Fireman who saves thousands of people in every country, millions around the world. I think we should be very grateful to these men for what they do for all of us .. Thank you.
I think I have a set of ideas, represented by inspirational sayings and famous quotations entitled:
Images – Fireman Appreciation Quotes + Sayings
You might be a firefighter if you’ve ever smoked and there wasn’t a cigarette in sight. ~ Author Unknown
You might be a firefighter if your kids are afraid to get into water fights with you. ~ Author Unknown
You have to do something in your life that is honorable and not cowardly if you are to live in peace with yourself, and for the firefighter it is fire. ~ Larry Brown
When fire is cried and danger is neigh,
“God and the firemen” is the people’s cry;
But when ’tis out and all things righted,
God is forgotten and the firemen slighted. ~ Author unknown – from The Fireman’s Journal, 18 Oct 1879
When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work. ~ Edward F. Croker
Whatever the American’s are proud of – whatever they consider to be particularly good, useful, brilliant, or characteristic of themselves or their climate, they designate, half in jest, though scarcely half in earnest, as an “institution.” Thus the memory of George Washington… is an institution; the Falls of Niagara are an institution; the Plymouth Rock, on which the Pilgrim Fathers first set foot, is an institution…; “Sweet potatoes” are an institution, and Pumpkin (or Punkin) pie is an institution; …squash is an institution; Bunker Hill is an institution; and the firemen of New York are a great institution. ~ Charles Mackay – Life and Liberty in America, 1850
The funny thing about firemen is, night and day, they are always firemen. ~ Gregory Widen – Backdraft
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. ~ William Feather
Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero’s heart. ~ Proverb
If Prometheus was worthy of the wrath of heaven for kindling the first fire upon earth, how ought all the gods honor the men who make it their professional business to put it out? ~ John Godfrey Saxe
I can think of no more stirring symbol of man’s humanity to man than a fire engine. ~ Kurt Vonnegut
Hug a firefighter and feel warm all over. ~ Author Unknown
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. ~ Bible – John 15:13
Firemen never die, they just burn forever in the hearts of the people whose lives they saved. ~ Susan Diane Murphree
Firefighting – one of the few professions left that still makes house calls. ~ Author Unknown
Firefighters save hearts and homes. ~ Author Unknown
Firefighters are hot stuff! ~ Author Unknown
Firefighters – your worst nightmare is just another day at the office. ~ Author Unknown
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear. ~ Ambrose Redmoon
Courage can’t see around corners, but goes around them anyway. ~ Mignon McLaughlin – The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960
But sound aloud the praises, and give the victor-crown
To our noble-hearted Firemen, who fear not danger’s frown. ~ Frederic G.W. Fenn – “Ode to our Firemen,” 1878
All men are created equal, then a few become firemen. ~ Author Unknown