Hero Quotes · Page 64

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero.

— Steven Spielberg

Mack Bolan is a classic American hero. Readers like him and I feel very good about that.

— Don Pendleton

“First you be a hero and then raise your child to be a hero.”

— Amit Kalantri

“The people need a hero. But all they've got is . . . me.”

— Christopher Healy

Thus we try to keep our heroes alive; hence we remember them.

— John Irving

“When one sacrifices their life for another, That is a true sigh of being a hero”

— Emily Ledford

“For happiness don't pursue satisfaction, but pursue heroism.”

— Amit Kalantri

Real change in society must start from individual initiative.

— Dalai Lama

Teachers have been heroes to me, as well as artists and writers, and I'm honored to be among their ranks. There is…

— Alison Hawthorne Deming

If we had a better understanding of the ways we think about enemies, we might be able to think of more rational…

— Sam Keen

“Your attention please. This is not a rehearsal. This is not a drill. This is your life. Make the most of it.…

— Michael Faust

War is capitalism with the gloves off and many who go to war know it but they go to war because they…

— Tom Stoppard

She remembered when they were kids and he'd caught the rock that the bullies had thrown at her. At six, she'd considered…

— C.C. Hunter

See, I've always seen Jacques Cousteau as a hero, mate. He's a legend - like my dad, just a legend. And so…

— Steve Irwin

In terms of people who we call heroes - and I don't tend to like that term, and firefighters don't consider themselves…

— Jesse Spencer

The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead…

— Bruce Coville

The story of Sherlock Holmes, on the surface, is about detection, but in reality, it's about the best of two men who…

— Steven Moffat

If you are loyal you are successful," ruminated the company paper at one time. "All useful work is raised to the plane…

— Thomas Watson

I have a lot of spiritual books that I read that I really, really love - everything from the Bible to Joseph…

— Viola Davis

“There were more of them out there. More walkers. And I was being asked to step up and be... what? Some kind…

— Jonathan Maberry

I mean, you know, I get a tremendous positive charge every day just from knowing these kids and who they are. I…

— Jim Lampley

In the legends that males have invented to explain life, the first human creature is a man named Adam. Eve arrives later,…

— Oriana Fallaci

Will is the measure of power. To a great genius there must be a great will. If the thought is not a…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I spent my entire experience with Gary [ on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy] staring at him and not returning any lines because…

— Tom Hardy

I am a person who does not subscribe to the hero-CEO school of thought.

— Kenneth Frazier

The only reason anyone ever called me a hero is because I get this paper, here.

— Kyle Chandler

Calling oneself a hero after making mistakes shouldn't earn public trust.

— Mike Medavoy

“Heroes may be less than heroic, while the common man saves the day.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

There's a hero in every heart waiting for the dragon to come out.

— Rick Yancey

Sometimes all it takes is a kind word of encouragement to get your heroes back on the right path.

— Nancy Duarte

Every show that sells out is like a hero's welcome for me.

— Gil Scott-Heron

“The souls of heroes are forged by the gods and tempered with the pain of life.”

— Brian Rathbone

Some of us need to learn to be heroes to ourselves before we can be that for others.

— Anonymous

Everybody wanted to be the hero of their own story. Nobody wanted to be comic relief.

— Lev Grossman

As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is.

— George Carlin

The most important thing is to get the fish in quickly and leave it in the water. Forget the hero pose.

— Yvon Chouinard

Alan Menken, for example, is one of my heroes for all of the music he's written for Disney.

— Dave Koz

“He may be old now, but he is still a hero in their eyes”

— Loretta Livingstone

How DARE the villainous cads be as clever as the heroes.

— Mercedes Lackey

I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.

— Molly Ringwald