Hero Quotes · Page 56

He was a great man. He taught himself how to walk again, to write with his left hand. My father was a…

— Mandy Patinkin

We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.

— Banksy

Martin Lawrence is one of my comedic heroes, and he's a genius.

— Tracy Morgan

A lot of times evil - or, in the case of comedy, stupid - is more interesting than the hero.

— Gary Cole

I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.

— Maya Angelou

Alex Higgins was my hero, so to play in Belfast, at the superb Waterfront Hall, is very special to me.

— Jimmy White

The heroic soul does not sell its justice and its nobleness.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Videogames need more women and are too reliant on male, stubble-covered heroes.

— Rhianna Pratchett

In order to master the unruly torrent of life the learned man meditates, the poet quivers, and the political hero erects the…

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

The real heroes anyway aren't the people doing things; the real heroes are the people NOTICING things, paying attention.

— John Green

I don't need a Rolls-Royce, I don't need a house in the country, I don't need to live in the south of…

— John Lydon

Unlike 'The Nutty Professor,' the hero of my film is romantic. 'Badhaai Ho Badhaai' is a family film, while 'The Nutty Professor'…

— Satish Kaushik

I went to an acting school in Delhi after doing 15 films as a hero! I went there because I wanted to…

— Dino Morea

If you see our films like 'Coolie No 1,' 'Hero No 1' and 'Biwi No 1,' there is a very good story…

— Jackky Bhagnani

Tragedy warms the soul, elevates the heart, can and ought to create heroes. In this sense, perhaps, France owes a part of…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

“Heroes don’t have the need to be known as heroes, they just do what heroes do because it is right and it…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Only the violent acts of men "count" toward something besides evil in a patriarchy. It is the male story of violence that…

— Lidia Yuknavitch

“I went off to play the hero myself, once. I’d do it again, if I had to.” His smile turned wistful. “I’d…

— Seanan McGuire

My childhood hero was David Attenborough. He opened my eyes to the wonder of the natural world. In fact, he's still my…

— Alice Roberts

“I got myself there. No one does anything for me. So I know when I meet the right guy, it's not going…

— Alex Flinn

It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on…

— Billie Jean King

“...heroes are sometimes the most ordinary -seeming people. It reminds us that as ordinary as we might be, we can, if we…

— Daniel James Brown

How convenient it would be to many of our great men and great families of doubtful origin, could they have the privilege…

— Washington Irving

I felt hopeful for the future because Obama is here. But nothing has changed. It's time for young kids to get serious…

— Lee Daniels

The condition-of-England question is a practical one. The condition of England demands a hero, not a poet.

— Henry David Thoreau

Myths of the heroes speak most eloquently of man's quest to choose life over death.

— Dorothy Norman

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.

— Willie Stargell

The call to adventure signifies that destiny has summoned the hero.

— Joseph Campbell

I feel like life is much greater than a hero or a villain: there's good people that sometimes make mistakes.

— Peter Dinklage

Historians from England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes.

— Robert the Bruce

One day you are a hero, the next day, media and people put you down if you are not giving your best.

— Angad Bedi

We can all be heroes, joining together in a grand mission to save those living on this little blue planet.

— Jay Inslee

The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.

— Maxwell Anderson

I got my heroes secondhand, from television and movies, to a certain extent.

— Brad Bird

One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.

— Ed Belfour

The coward makes himself cowardly, the hero makes himself heroic.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

“I asked my Greek chorus about this sort of hero: the Underappreciated Personification of Resolve.”

— Brad Herzog

“There are no heroes, just those that choose to be servants.”

— Ricky Maye

A hero could be anyone who does something heroic, irrespective of the gender.

— Vicky Kaushal

Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble.

— John Lubbock