Our national fondness for celebrating the physical heroism of soldiers - the apparent readiness with which they sacrifice their lives to larger… — Elizabeth Samet Copy Share Image
My father wanted to be a hero. He went to the Air Force Academy, was valedictorian, and then he found himself strafing… — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
Where you live matters: there's only one MIT. And there's only one Hollywood and only one Silicon Valley. This isn't a coincidence:… — Drew Houston Copy Share Image
I could not become anything; neither good nor bad; neither a scoundrel nor an honest man; neither a hero nor an insect.… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Sarah Jane Smith was everybody's hero when I was younger, and as brave and funny and brilliant as people only ever are… — Steven Moffat Copy Share Image
Where are now the warriors of the world of the spirit? Where are those who raise their voices for truth, who lead… — Lu Xun Copy Share Image
I think any supernatural hero today, whether he's a vampire, werewolf, a resuscitated mummy, whatever he is, is going to have to… — Anne Rice Copy Share Image
Your novels show only the tiniest fraction of detective work, the brilliant crime, the tantalizing clues, the dramatic chase, the final battle… — Stefan Petrucha Copy Share Image
The first thing I ever thought of when I thought of Buffy , the movie, was the little...blonde girl who goes into… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Dickinson is my hero because she was a joker, because she would never explain, because as a poet she confronted pain, dread… — Helen Oyeyemi Copy Share Image
Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They are generally obscure and modest… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
We tell each other stories so we can understand the world better and there's catharsis and we understand the models of what… — Chris Pine Copy Share Image
Phulwa' was the role of my career and I got to do all what a male hero would do from action to… — Sargun Mehta Copy Share Image
The drummer is definitely the hidden hero of a band they really hold the music together. It's actually a really difficult job,… — Dominic Cooper Copy Share Image
The TED talk I gave, that gave me another character I didn't know about. I'm not saying the mind of a hero,… — Lee Hyeon-seo Copy Share Image
Passonate, irreverent, utterly relevant, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk offers an unforgettable portrait of a reluctant hero. Ben Fountain writes like a… — Margot Livesey Copy Share Image
One down," Beckendorf said. "About five thousand to go." He tossed me a jar of thick green liquid—Greek fire, one of the… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
The best bribe which London offers to-day to the imagination, is, that, in such a vast variety of people and conditions, one… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Woe to the people that fails to honor its heroes! It will cease producing them, cease knowing them. Heroes spring from the… — Rudolf Hess Copy Share Image
I think, in the grand epic, Jesus is the hero of our stories. And our stories, as they were, are subplots in… — Donald Miller Copy Share Image
This is the deal: we are happy to single out people as superior just as long as they don't accept the description… — Julian Baggini Copy Share Image
Superstars strive for approbation; heroes walk alone. Superstars crave consensus; heroes define themselves by the judgment of a future they see it… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
“He pinned me in place with a direct look, his dark brown eyes smoldering. “You’re Mary Jane,” he said finally. “And you… — J.M. Richards Copy Share Image
My dream role is to portray someone like James Baldwin. I've always been a fan of his writing, and I feel like… — Michael K. Williams Copy Share Image
In this life you have to be your own hero. By that I mean you have to win whatever it is that… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
The essence of oneself and the essence of the world: these two are one. [ The aim is not to see, but… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
There are people [in Uganda] who hate Idi Amin, a small amount. And then there are the people who really admire him,… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
We all look up to these strong women who we see in magazines and on TV, but it's even more empowering to… — Rachel Platten Copy Share Image
Because of the friends I have known, the honorable people I have met, I know I am no solitary hero of unique… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the untimely battlefield deaths of generations of American heroes have taught us nothing else, it should be this unalterable fact: what… — Michael Mullen Copy Share Image
The brave man is intelligent; he faces danger because he understands it and is prepared to meet it. The drunkard who runs,… — Henry Van Dyke Copy Share Image
We've had 20 years of mass murders throughout which I have repeatedly told CNN and our other media, if you don't want… — Park Dietz Copy Share Image
And what is called history at school, and all we learn by heart there about heroes and geniuses and great deeds and… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“I’m not beautiful. My mother—” “I know. Your mother was a knockout, and you’re paper bag ugly... Sorry to upset all those… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
Once upon a time... a long time ago... things that happened once perhaps but have been talked about for so long that… — Susan Cooper Copy Share Image
This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and… — Sivananda Copy Share Image
I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not at the… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
by now you've already formed your own impression. you believe that an act committed a lifetime ago defines a man, or you… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
So many misconceptions surround the notion of heroism. Far too many categorize a hero as a champion on the battlefield, a commander… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
I think what I've tried to do is make the world a better place. I think that's what's really important. Nobody remembers… — Les Wexner Copy Share Image
![“The essence of oneself and the essence of the world: these two are one. [ The aim is not to see, but to realize that one is, that essence; then one is free to wander as that essence in the world.] Hence separateness, withdrawal, is no longer necessary. Wherever the hero may wander, whatever he may…” quote by Joseph Campbell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/826/joseph-campbell-300_aim_the-essence-of-oneself-and-the-essence-o_2824384.jpg)
![“There are people [in Uganda] who hate Idi Amin, a small amount. And then there are the people who really admire him, like a hero. And then there's a large group who say, 'We know that all these murders and atrocities occurred, but he did all these great things.'” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3e0/forest-whitaker-3022_admire_there-are-people-in-uganda-who-hate-idi_3053407.jpg)
