Hero Quotes · Page 69

Issa Rae is a hero of mine, and I'm going to try not to completely creep her out. I love 'Insecure.'

— Rachel Brosnahan

Elvis may have been my first hero, but you couldn't relate to him.

— Robert Hilburn

True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

There are no heroes on the battlefield, my lady; there are only survivors.

— Elizabeth Hoyt

“We just met and we're already doing heroin?" I said. "Seems sudden.”

— Gene Doucette

The real hero of programming is the one who writes negative code,

— Douglas McIlroy

“We’re all heroes at something, and cowards at something else.”

— Robert T. Kiyosaki

It was a story called ‘The Hero’ which I sold to Galaxy magazine in 1970, for $94.

— George R. R. Martin

Nelson's famous signal before the Battle of Trafalgar was not: "England expects that every man will be a hero." It said: "Englandexpects…

— Johan Huizinga

“At the end of their journey, a hero may stand in the same place where their story started, but nevertheless they have…

— Amanda Gorman

Benny Carter came up to me and said to me, "You know, in the whole history of the alto, I think Phil…

— Jon Gordon

The truth is that I've always wanted to be an actor, ever since I was a child. I used to see these…

— Randeep Hooda

A hero doesn't have to do extraordinary things to live up to that title. A hero can be someone who helps a…

— Hero

The hero has to be an archetype; they have to be like a dream; they have to be perfect. The evil is…

— Takashi Miike

A truley heroic way of life lies in squarely confronting and courageously overcoming the pounding vicissitudes that life always throws in our…

— Daisaku Ikeda

He was a degenerate gambler. That is, a man who gambled simply to gamble and must lose. As a hero who goes…

— Mario Puzo

Strike against war, for without you no battles can be fought! Strike against manufacturing shrapnel and gas bombs and all other tools…

— Helen Keller

She was absolutely my hero. She would do without if she could help somebody else. My mom showed the courage of the…

— Bruno Sammartino

Rivers and mountains are beautiful and made heroes bow and compete to catch the girl- lovely earth. Yet the emperors Shih Huang…

— Mao Zedong

Nick Сage and I can't make love in movie? That's scary. And our hero? Arnold Schwarzenegger? Using a body as a shield…

— Laura Dern

“I’m not like that fellow who thought it a far, far better thing to trade his life for that of another. I’m…

— Franny Billingsley

When I started studying acting in New York, I didn't plan to be an action hero. I just wanted to learn acting…

— Dolph Lundgren

The corporate right and the political right declared class warfare on working people a quarter of a century ago and they've won.…

— Bill Moyers

“As a Jewish kid during those times, I fought to live every day. I didn't have a choice. As an influential Nazi,…

— Leon Leyson

“People become followers of the God because of his fear, but they become a fan of a hero because of his work.”

— Amit Kalantri

“Then, like a great hero of old, I crawled into my hole.”

— Rick Riordan

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

— Umberto Eco

We are creating a fabulous franchise with an incredible female action hero.

— Jan de Bont

The hero's need of the people outlasts their need of him.

— Aneurin Bevan

“The hero never rests fights every breath. When he dies god takes him.”

— Nadair Desmar

“If you are not the hero of your own story, then you're missing the whole point of your humanity.”

— Steve Maraboli

Nobody asks to be a hero, it just sometimes turns out that way.

— Black Hawk

The adventure of the hero is the adventure of being alive

— Joseph Campbell

If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who rise above it.

— Jerry Bruckheimer

I have never regarded myself as a hero, but Tenzing undoubtedly was.

— Edmund Hillary

I do think we need heroes. It gives people hope and an example to follow.

— Riley Keough

Too many heroes stepping on too many toes, too many yes-men nodding when they really mean no.

— Jethro Tull

“Maybe I am villain in your story, but I am hero in mine.”

— Shon Mehta

Who is to say who is the villain and who is the hero? Probably the dictionary.

— Joss Whedon

You [the Gallaudet students] have brought the deaf community together… You are my heroes.

— Tom Harkin