There has been a change in heroes within the working-class community — David Riesman Copy Share Image
“Sacrifices will make you a martyr, victories will make you a hero.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“Heroes care. True heroism, as the ancients understood, isn’t about strength, or boldness, or even courage. It’s about compassion.” — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
“The creation of one's own religion – the art of crafting one's own form of heroism – is among the highest of… — VD Copy Share Image
There are people to whom heroism under fire comes naturally and seemingly without effort, but Patton was not one of them. — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“The position of a hero is not for the comparision, it is a reference point” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
'The Dovekeepers' is a compelling, beautifully written novel that combines history and fiction into a timeless story of survival and heroism. — Nina Tassler Copy Share Image
Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them - that it was… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Science fiction without the science just becomes, you know, sword and sorcery, basically stories about heroism and not much more. — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
'Heroism' is not the same as coping. A man who does his job properly and succeeds through his own efforts is definitely… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
“But the days of true heroism are over, when a citizen fought for his country like a Fabricius or a Washington, and… — Mary Wollstonecraft Copy Share Image
“What about ‘we fight, we die?’” I asked. “What happened to bravery and heroism?” Mister Smith rolled his eyes. “Load of crap,”… — Frank Tuttle Copy Share Image
It is an impressive truth that sometimes in the very lowest forms of duty, less than which would rank a man as… — Thomas de Quincey Copy Share Image
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
The paper tiger hero, James Bond, offering the whites a triumphant image of themselves, is saying what many whites want desperately to… — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
With Nietzsche, the black pirates' flag appears for the first time on the high sea of German knowledge. (He is) a different… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
We three belong to the Middle Ages. We have this need of heroism, and there is no place for such feelings in… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
“In the modern world all terrors could be gutted by simple use of the transitive axiom of quality. Some fears were justified,… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Our quest for heroism is awkward. Not the obvious heroism that earns medals and applause but the heroism of daily life. Go… — Jonathan Hull Copy Share Image
“War is hell, but sometimes in the midst of that hell men do things that heaven itself must be proud of. A… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
She was one of those people who was born for the greatness of a single love, for exaggerated hatred, for apocalyptic vengance,… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Recognising that an ostentatious cult of heroism and state service served an important propaganda function for the British elite does not mean,… — Linda Colley Copy Share Image
“Finally Marcus stepped forward. "If you insist on going through me to get him, it's your call. But I warn you, I… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
“We are like a bunch of dogs squirting on fire hydrants. We poison the groundwater with our toxic piss, marking everything MINE… — John Green Copy Share Image
“{Letter from Debbs to Eva Ingersoll, husband of Robert Ingersoll , just after the news of Robert's death} We were inexpressibly shocked… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
