--- title: "9 Greatest Heroes Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 9 Greatest Heroes quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Greatest Heroes sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/thomas-carlyle-207_earth_the-greatest-of-all-heroes-is-one-whom-w_510887.png" --- > [The greatest of all heroes is One--whom we do not name here! Let sacred silence meditate that sacred matter; you will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/the-greatest-of-all-heroes-is-one-whom-we-do-not-name-here-let-sacred/) [Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/thomas-carlyle-207_earth_the-greatest-of-all-heroes-is-one-whom-w_510887.png) > [“Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/connor-kenway/sometimes-standing-against-evil-is-more-important-than-defeating-it/) [Connor Kenway](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/connor-kenway/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/connor-kenway-103498_ac3_sometimes-standing-against-evil-is-more_171724.jpg) > [Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/sometimes-standing-against-evil-is-more-important-than-defeating-it-3/) [N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c5/n-d-wilson-2571_believe_sometimes-standing-against-evil-is-more_637457.png) > [I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florence-nightingale/i-am-of-certain-convinced-that-the-greatest-heroes-are-those-who-do/) [Florence Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florence-nightingale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a8/florence-nightingale-2561_affair_i-am-of-certain-convinced-that-the-great_379842.png) > [The greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/florence-nightingale/the-greatest-heroes-are-those-who-do-their-duty-in-the-daily-grind-of/) [Florence Nightingale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/florence-nightingale/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a0/florence-nightingale-2561_daily_the-greatest-heroes-are-those-who-do-the_3059787.png) > [I looked at the campers, all of them grim and determined. I tried not to feel like this was the last time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-riordan/i-looked-at-the-campers-all-of-them-grim-and-determined-i-tried-not/) [Rick Riordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-riordan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/rick-riordan-27_building_i-looked-at-the-campers-all-of-them-grim_2989544.jpg) > [Children must be impressed with the fact that the greatest heroes are those who fight to help others, not those who fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-key/children-must-be-impressed-with-the-fact-that-the-greatest-heroes-are/) [Ellen Key](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-key/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/ellen-key-6012_children_children-must-be-impressed-with-the-fact_406165.png) > [“The greatest heroes in life are those that never give up on someone. They stick it out and make it work. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shannon-l-alder/the-greatest-heroes-in-life-are-those-that-never-give-up-on-someone/) [Shannon L. Alder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shannon-l-alder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f2/shannon-l-alder-363_courage_the-greatest-heroes-in-life-are-those-th_635045.jpg) > [“The idea...that our professional military men and women train for years without knowing whether they will ever have to actually carry out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcus-luttrell/the-idea-that-our-professional-military-men-and-women-train-for-years/) [Marcus Luttrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcus-luttrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dd/marcus-luttrell-8438_fitness_the-idea-that-our-professional-military_2303333.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/greatest-heroes/#itemlist", "name": "Greatest Heroes Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The greatest of all heroes is One--whom we do not name here! 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