“Let's get one thing clear, there may be few or many successful people in your profession, but there is going to be… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet one he is likely to be a… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
There comes a time when you have to be your own hero. Because sometimes, the people you can't live without, can live… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world,… — Bernhard von Bulow Copy Share Image
In the grasp of self-righteousness of his heroism a never want to accept that A women are single omnipotent in this world,… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
The fear of loss is an engine of horrors, but also a source of the greatest forms of heroism. There's not a… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My wife Lorrie actually looked in the dictionary to see what the definition was of heroism because it had been used so… — Chesley Sullenberger Copy Share Image
In the name of a greater civilization, we curse those who for the sake of their ambitious dreams, brought about the massacre… — Amadeo Bordiga Copy Share Image
We are moving away from the old idea of leadership -- leadership has less to do (now) with heroism. We don't look… — Walter Truett Anderson Copy Share Image
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“You are constantly being trained to be heroic only in the service of your masters - only in slaughter and sacrifice and… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
William Graebner's brilliant analysis of America's struggles over the meaning of Patty Hearst gives us not only new perspectives on the 1970s,… — Beth Bailey Copy Share Image
Art and the triumph of the human spirit - the two combined thrill me. It's the "Braveheart" moment, the stuff Joseph Campbell… — Kristin Bauer van Straten Copy Share Image
When Trump defends Planned Parenthood as doing 'wonderful things,' he is condoning the organization. Even if Planned Parenthood didn't do abortions, none… — Katie Pavlich Copy Share Image
Dandyism is the last flicker of heroism in decadent ages… Dandyism is a setting sun; like the declining star, it is magnificent,… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
...it is only when a man goes out into the world with the thought that there are heroisms all round him, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I am less affected by their heroism who stood up for half an hour in the front line at Buena Vista, than… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Sometimes heroics revolted him; they seemed like an insult to the soldier who weighed the risks of the situation and made calm,… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because they've got to support their families. Or as far as humor,… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
“part of heroism is accepting that you can’t fix everything and having the courage to do the right thing when you actually… — Nat Kozinn Copy Share Image
“To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most… — Theodore H. White Copy Share Image
Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, it's a place where… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
From an over-arching point-of-view, in war there is heroism on both sides. Obviously, the victor gets the spoils, the victor gets to… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
“I don't think there's any heroism anymore. The heroism has to be created out of the medium itself. Going back to the… — Robert Ashley Copy Share Image
“So the difference between a criminal and a hero is the order in which their vile crimes are committed. And justice comes… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks my story should be marked by heroism, but there was no risk to myself. You see, no-one in Prague at… — Nicholas Winton Copy Share Image
“Heroes abound at the dawn of civilizations, during pre-Homeric and Gothic epochs, when people, not having yet experienced spiritual torture, satisfy their… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
What keeps India safe really is the heroism of millions of poor Indians who every day reject the allure of terrorism. What… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seemed to… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
“A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
Have it compose a poem -- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
I do a lot of book signings and conventions every year, and I meet a great many readers who are struggling... they're… — Gail Simone Copy Share Image
I believe there's a hero in all of us that keeps us honest, noble and finally allows us to die with pride.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
How do they manage to go on living?…By loving life. And-in spite of everything-by loving God. By having enough faith to start… — Naomi Ragen Copy Share Image
Riddick is an antihero. He's the quintessential antihero. We all know how much I love antiheroes. It takes you 45 minutes in… — Vin Diesel Copy Share Image