Hero Quotes · Page 43

Our globe discovers its bidden virtues, not only in heroes and arch-angels, but in gossips and nurses.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

We all can't be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the sides and clap as they go by.

— Hussein Nishah

Every character I play has to be the hero of his own story, the way we're all heroes of our own lives.

— Jesse Eisenberg

“You did what you had to do. You’re a hero,” Vicky said.”

— Michael Grant

he was still my romantic hero and I was still his living dream

— Elizabeth Gilbert

I'm proud to be Archie's son. Being a quarterback, I had my mentor and hero living in the same house.

— Peyton Manning

“Our stories are not new; yet, in the retelling we are reborn as heroes.”

— Harley King

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— Kailin Gow

I give preference to scripts and of course, the importance of my role in the storyline. Still I am not after hero…

— Biju Menon

My motivation was I wanted to look like my favorite super heroes when I was a kid. Pretty cheesy, but that is…

— Scott Herman

the old axiom that 'all power corrupts' has doubtful validity, because it derives from our neglect of Plato's advice to find men…

— Oswald Mosley

I put together the idea for G3 because I felt isolated. The success of being a 'guitar hero' kept me away from…

— Joe Satriani

Sometimes you just got to be your own hero and save your own little heart. Because sometimes, the people you can't imagine…

— Ritu Ghatourey

I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are…

— Nathan Gamble

I grew up in the North of England at a time when Stirling Moss was a hero. Everyone wanted to be a…

— Ridley Scott

Sinbad is a great character for any actor to be able to play: impulsive, adventurous, passionate, loyal, and brave - a true…

— Elliot Knight

The privilege of a lifetime is beingwho you are.The goal of the hero tripdown to the jewel pointis to find those levels…

— Joseph Campbell

There's a lot of unrest. There are a lot of people who are unhappy. I don't want to say I'm their hero,…

— CM Punk

The bravest and most noble are not those who take up arms, but those who are decent despite everything; who improve what…

— Theodore Dalrymple

Our father is a hero for us and so I've always looked at him as somebody that I couldn't wait to be,…

— Valentin Chmerkovskiy

And then Jack chopped down what was the world's last beanstalk, adding murder and ecological terrorism to the theft, enticement, and trespass…

— Terry Pratchett

A WRINKLE IN TIME is one of my favorite books of all time. I've read it so often, I know it by…

— Meg Cabot

Through machinery, man can exert tremendous powers almost as fantastic as if he were the hero of a fairy tale. Through machinery,…

— Maria Montessori

Getting dragged, kicking and screaming out of the ring, begging for mercy from whomever it is that fires me, and never be…

— Chris Jericho

The key is, no matter what story you tell, make your buyer the hero.

— Chris Brogan

Heroism is heroism, regardless of the timeframe or the backdrop.

— Mark Waid

“You're a hero here.' 'I don't want to be a hero.' 'What do you want?' 'I want to be a leader.”

— Julianna Baggott

Indifferentism about doctrine makes no heroes of the faith.

— John Gresham Machen

I identify with the Clint Eastwoods and Harrison Fords. Those are my heroes.

— Barry Pepper

Be not dumb, obedient slaves in an army of destruction! Be heroes in an army of construction!

— Helen Keller

Tracy Smothers was the epitome of the perfect Smoky Mountain hero. He was legitimate.

— Jim Cornette

We all want heroes and we all want somebody to look up to.

— Stacie Orrico

How DARE the villainous cads be as clever as the heroes.

— Mercedes Lackey

Alan Menken, for example, is one of my heroes for all of the music he's written for Disney.

— Dave Koz

“He may be old now, but he is still a hero in their eyes”

— Loretta Livingstone

There is no use if knowledge grows while desires multiply. It makes one a hero in words and a zero in action.

— Sai Baba

I can't stand films that make the kids out to be heroes and the parents to be imbeciles.

— Molly Ringwald

In every first novel the hero is the author as Christ or Faust.

— Oscar Wilde

I would definitely like to be a slightly aging action hero with a smart mouth and have a little bit of fun.

— Dan Payne

“Would you believe in a story without the heroes? There are stories without heroes.”

— Pushpa Rana