Heroism Quotes
236 quotes
"Though much is taken, much abides; and thoughWe are not now that strength which in old daysMoved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;One equal temper of heroic hearts,Made weak by time and fate, but strong in willTo strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."
"In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic."
"To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little."
"when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth- that hero lies in you."
"I was hugely impressed... was the ultimate example of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit it, and didn't want to leave until he understood. That's heroic to me. I wish every grad student had that attitude."
"To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don't listen to their words, but watch their actions."
"Someone needs to fight,someone needs to sacrifice, someone needs to inspire, someone needs to be a hero."
"The most unlucky generation is the one which couldn't produce a hero to look upto."
"Between natural ability and education choose natural ability, as it will keep you happy and will fetch you the glory sooner."
"Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up."
"For what are in reality the things we call ‘Wisdom,’ ‘Virtue,’ ‘Heroism,’ ‘sublime hours,’ and ‘great moments of life,’ but the moments when we have more or less issued forth from ourselves, and have been able to halt, be it only for an instant, on the step of one of the eternal gates whence we see that the faintest cry, the most colourless thought, and most nerveless gestures do not drop into nothingness; …"
"There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify - so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of heroism. The pity is that we must wonder at it, as we should at finding a pearl in the rubbish."
"Someone needs to fight, someone needs to sacrifice, someone needs to inspire, someone needs to be a hero."
"Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes"
"You are a Hero. Be Heroic. Always."
"I'm not going to lie: there are no good options here."
"Never give up hope, no matter how dark things may seem."
"A Hero: A Moment When You’re Bigger Than Yourself."
"Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool."
"Vanye: You're asking me to kill you.Luthiel: I'm asking you to save her."
"Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not."
"Who is better off? The one who writes to revel in the voluptuousness of the life that surrounds them? Or the one who writes to escape the tediousness of that which awaits them outside? Whose flame will last longer?"
"Never mind the mistakes. One day they will become your most prized possessions."
"Saving others is always more important than saving yourself. It has to be, or none of us would do any good."
"Heroism doesn’t always happen in a burst of glory. Sometimes small triumphs and large hearts change the course of history. Sometimes a chicken can save a man’s life."
"One murder makes a villain millions a hero."
"Being terrified but going ahead and doing what must be done—that's courage. The one who feels no fear is a fool, and the one who lets fear rule him is a coward."
"Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle; a women terrified of the pain of childbirth who says, 'It is time to become a mother'. Heroism does not always live on the battlefield."
"There's no shame in fear. But understand this - the coward is ruled by fear, while the hero rides it like a wild stallion."
"Do what you will. I do not fear death."
"Did you know you could destroy dragons? Dragons are not actually real, they just roar to scare you away from your goals. In fact they are afraid of determined heroes, they take flight at their approach"
"You know we are living in dangerous time when the act of kindness is revered as an act of heroism."
"One person on their own may be able to save the world. But a team of friends, all working together, have a much greater chance of succeeding…providing that no-one succumbs to evil.’ Adele Rose, Awakening."
"In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: "In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I'm treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?'No,'" I answered, 'but I served in a company of heroes."
"I'm a fucking coward.""Maybe." Craw jerked his thumb over his shoulder at Whirrun's corpse. "There's a hero. Tell me who's better off."
"So you love war. I used to think you were a decent man. But I see now I was mistaken. You're a hero."
"A hero is a matter of perspective. The only sure thing in war is casualties. Ideology, patriotism and religious zeal all fuel heroic notions."
"The men history declares heroes are merely heroes because they failed to survive their benevolent acts."
"The atrocities of war are only overshadowed by the heroism of their dead."
"This last best luck of all: that earth should gape for me when my great deeds were ended."
"Where were all heroical parts but in Helteranius? and a man might make a garment for the moon sooner than fit the o'erleaping actions of great Jalcanaius, who now leaveth but his body to bedung that earth that was lately shaken at his terror. I have waded in red blood to the knee; and in this hour, in my old years, the world is become for me a vision only and a mock-show."
"Alexander the Great slept with 'The Iliad' beneath his pillow. During the waning moon, I cradle Homer’s 'Odyssey' as if it were the sweet body of a woman."
"They say Alexander the Great slept with 'The Iliad' beneath his pillow. Though I have never led an army, I am a wanderer. During the waning moon, I cradle Homer’s 'Odyssey' as if it were the sweet body of a woman."
"Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero."
"A heroic act is not always followed by glory and parades and forever freedom,” she said. “It’s often small, disregarded, or forgotten. But it matters."
"Better an unsung HERO than the source of envy."
"You are no greater than the friends you keep, the books you read, the heroes you admire, and the obstacles you overcome."
"I just wonder… Isn’t it better to start as a monster and become a hero? Isn’t that what creates belief? The idea that someone can change?"
"And where do I go? Where on Earth does a person go when she realizes there's no place for her? You can't possibly try to fit in, because if you do, if you manage to carve out some beautiful niche of happiness for yourself, then one day it will be taken from you as surely and truly as the sun rises each morning."
"Stop grovelling and start working."
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