The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise isgone! it isgone, that… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
To me, it's a heroic attribute to be so committed to a principle that you apply it, not when it's easy, not… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
Neither had Watt of the Steam engine a heroic origin, any kindred with the princes of this world. The princes of this… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
When you accept your imperfections-and still are willing to brush yourself off and start again-you can make changes...for you are on a… — Denise Linn Copy Share Image
My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for the Yorkshire second team as… — Brian Blessed Copy Share Image
A healthy person is not perfect but perfectible, not a done deal but a work in progress. Staying healthy takes discipline, work,… — David Richo Copy Share Image
Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
All the entertainment and talk of history is nothing almost but fighting and killing: and the honour and renown that is bestowed… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Isn't every hero aware of all the terrible reason they did those good deeds?" Aware of every mistake they ever made and… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
I thought, This is fabulous. It sent shivers up my spine. I thought, What kinds of people are these that would produce… — Bruce Beresford Copy Share Image
“Accepting that life is insane, that bad things happen to good people and that you can find the courage to be grateful… — Richie Norton Copy Share Image
If in this supreme test, in face of which the braggart falls silent and every heroic gesture is paralyzed, a man walks… — Josef Pieper Copy Share Image
There were three options [in Allied], which were for [Bred Pitt] to shoot [Marion Cotillard], for them to escape, or for her… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
Any society that you build will have its limits. And outside the limits of any society the unruly and heroic tramps will… — Renzo Novatore Copy Share Image
Obama can't be everything to everyone. He changed. He did. I never thought I'd hear Obama say, "Let's go back to nuclear… — Darryl Pinckney Copy Share Image
Friends, Comrades and fellow South Africans. I greet you all in the name of peace, democracy and freedom for all. I stand… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
My fiction is almost always inspired by a character's need or desire to rise above him- or herself. No one is perfect… — Robert Crais Copy Share Image
Let's face it: the present self is present. It's in control. It's in power right now. It has these strong, heroic arms… — Daniel Goldstein Copy Share Image
Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological rumination. When you talk about your… — Martha Beck Copy Share Image
We're chipping away at our capacity for wonder. When hologram TVs eventually go on sale, they'll cost £20,000 and be bought only… — Peter Baynham Copy Share Image
“There's no rule that says you have to be a prodigy to be a hero," she insisted. "If people wanted to stand… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
Christianity is not the faith of the complacent, the comfortable or of the timid. It demands and creates heroic souls like Wesley,… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
That's another way of writing a song, of course. Just talking to somebody that ain't there. That's the best way. That's the… — Bob Dylan Copy Share Image
The Life of Johnson is assuredly a great, a very great work. Homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets.… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
If an American is concerned only about his nation, he will not be concerned about the peoples of Asia, Africa, or South… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish,… — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
How often a new affection makes a new man! The sordid, cowering soul turns heroic. The frivolous girl becomes the steadfast martyr… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious quality is fed… — Jean Cocteau Copy Share Image
People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the… — Eric Davis Copy Share Image
I suppose there must be some way in which I'm compelled to show some side of myself - or of people -… — Paul Giamatti Copy Share Image
[W]hen I see men callously and cheerfully denying women the full use of their bodies, while insisting with sobs and howls on… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
![“There were three options [in Allied], which were for [Bred Pitt] to shoot [Marion Cotillard], for them to escape, or for her to pull the trigger, which is a heroic act to spare him. When I was thinking about how it would end, a long time ago, I think I tried each of them to see, but two of them…” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6bc/steven-knight-2205_ends_there-were-three-options-in-allied-which_2038523.jpg)
![“[W]hen I see men callously and cheerfully denying women the full use of their bodies, while insisting with sobs and howls on the satisfaction of their own, I simply can't find it heroic, or kind, or anything but pretty rotten and feeble.” quote by Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1f6/dorothy-l-sayers-738_body_w-hen-i-see-men-callously-and-cheerfully_1493906.jpg)
