Hero Quotes · Page 67

I think everybody who puts on a uniform for their country is a hero.

— Howard E. Wasdin

“A hero is just somebody who does the right thing when it would be far, far easier to do nothing.”

— G. Norman Lippert

After all, the ordinary hero hiding in each of us is often the most powerful catalyst for change.

— Tate Taylor

Every country needs its heroes, and we must follow them.

— Edward Dunlop

Whether you call someone a hero or a monster is all relative to where the focus of your consciousness may be.

— Joseph Campbell

There was a part of me that wanted to take my place next to, you know, Debra Granik. She's such a hero…

— Peter Hedges

“poor boy! I never knew you, Yet I think I could not refuse this moment to die for you, if that would…

— Walt Whitman

Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights leader and an American hero.

— Harry Enten

Your imagination is yours. You can remember the past you choose, rehearse the future you want, and identify with the real and…

— Roger Delano Hinkins

Indiana Jones is very much an old-world kind of hero. He doesn't really have any kind of superpower or rely on any…

— Jamie Bell

“she told me to be my own hero. Inside of all of us was the potential for greatness—all it took was a…

— M. R. Noble

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to…

— Elia Kazan

Heroes understand the vast moral gulf between those who target the innocent and those who target those who target the innocent.

— John Nolte

You were the one who taught me," he said. "I never looked at you without seeing the sweetness of the way the…

— Peter S. Beagle

When Donald Trump says women should be punished or Mexicans are rapists and criminals or John McCain's not a hero, he is…

— Tim Kaine

Those persons who are burning to display heroism may rest assured that the course of social evolution will offer them every opportunity.

— Havelock Ellis

“He’s like a hero come back from the war, a poor maimed bastard living out the reality of his dreams. Wherever he…

— Henry Miller

“{ The final resolutions at Robert Ingersoll 's funeral, quoted here } Whereas, in the order of nature -- that nature which…

— Herman E. Kittredge

“Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's…

— Madeline Miller

What I think is that a good life is one hero journey after another. Over and over again, you are called to…

— Joseph Campbell

Trump wants to be the first American tsar. With his hero worship of Putin, his admiration for the apparent omnipotence of the…

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

The final cover for 'Heroes Are My Weakness' feels exactly right. It reflects the cold, wintry setting of an isolated island off…

— Susan Elizabeth Phillips

In the grand scheme of things, fighting people in the cage is not that big of a deal, I know. It's not…

— Forrest Griffin

If we mean to have Heroes, Statesmen and Philosophers, we should have learned women. The world perhaps would laugh at me, and…

— Abigail Adams

My mom is a hero in a lot of ways because she's the most empathetic and kind person I've ever met.

— Jake Tapper

I don't consider myself an action hero, at all. My domestic life is the same as anyone else's.

— Chris Vance

“Fearless for oneself, fear for others—that must be what it means to be a hero.”

— Neal Stephenson

It was director Krishna Reddy who introduced me as a hero. All my films with him have been very successful.

— Ali

We need heroes who are relatable; we need heroes who are from this planet.

— Kari Skogland

Without the villain, the hero sits at home on his couch.

— Mark Pellegrino

A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.

— Aristotle

Man's always been half fool half hero.Never could tell which side was more dangerous.

— Anonymous

I really don't have heroes in business; I never looked up at business people.

— Mo Ibrahim

Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes.

— Tamora Pierce

A hero would die for his country, but he'd much rather live for it.

— Aaron Sorkin

I don't for one minute consider myself to be an idol or a hero.

— Miguel Almiron

It's taken some getting used to, that my father actually is a hero.

— Alexandra Kerry

There are no hero-heroine films any more. They are more character-oriented.

— Vatsal Sheth

Don't forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you.

— Gale Harold

“Sometimes a hero is unbelievably good for so many but terribly bad for someone else.”

— Amit Kalantri