The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former… — Johann Kaspar Lavater Copy Share Image
The modern hero-deed must be that of questing to bring to light again the lost Atlantis of the co-ordinated Soul. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That's one of the reasons I beat him - because I respected… — Billie Jean King Copy Share Image
The action heroes were very cool as a kid. You would compare yourself with them - Jean-Claude Van Damme and Arnold Schwarzenegger. — Sergei Polunin Copy Share Image
I refuse some movies. I cannot always give reasons why I refuse. Sometimes, I refuse just because I feel like refusing! I… — Neha Dhupia Copy Share Image
Unless we consent to lack the common things which men call success, we shall hardly become heroes or saints, philosophers or poets. — John Lancaster Spalding Copy Share Image
If you want to be heroic, Don't emulate your heroes, learn from them. Heroes don't follow anyone, they set their own course. — Jonathan Lockwood Huie Copy Share Image
The great thing about Burgess's work is the dichotomy of making the hero or anti-hero an immoral man. And that's what makes… — Malcolm McDowell Copy Share Image
“As the tired and battered Tango twelve backed slowly into its berth, the connection that a gnat had forged between his rig… — Daniel Thorman Copy Share Image
Faith is about what you do. It's about aspiring to be better and nobler and kinder than you are. It's about making… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
John Smith: Mankind doesn't need warfare and bloodshed to prove itself. Everyday life can provide honour and valour. Let's hope that from… — Paul Cornell Copy Share Image
I sing, not arms and the hero, but the philosophic man: he who seeks in contemplation to discover the inner will of… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Bowie mattered to me. He reinvented himself so many times - it must have been a daring statement to do that, risking… — Trent Reznor Copy Share Image
The Hulk is the most difficult Marvel property because it's always about balance. Is he a monster? Is he a hero? Are… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
Count me o'er earth's chosen heroes, - they were souls that stood alone, While the men they agonized for hurled the contumelious… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The Luke Cage you saw in Season One was a reluctant hero. He was trying to figure out if he wanted to… — Cheo Hodari Coker Copy Share Image
I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest… — Robert Sheckley Copy Share Image
Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“to become conscious of what one is doing to earn his feeling of heroism is the main self-analytic problem of life.” — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
When you're stressed out or nervous, the logical side of your brain goes out the window and you have no idea what's… — Katia Winter Copy Share Image
We agreed that great men and women should be forced to live as long as possible. The reverence they enjoyed was a… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
My Sin City heroes are knights in dirty, blood-caked armor. They bring justice to a world that gives them no medals, no… — Frank Miller Copy Share Image
Sometimes you forget that you are people's hero as well. People do look up to you and I'd forgotten that because, to… — Lee Cattermole Copy Share Image
“If, as has been postulated before, heroism happens when courage meets circumstance, what if the circumstances are mundane?” — Brad Herzog Copy Share Image
Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the… — Richard Attias Copy Share Image
“The argument could be made that the word 'hero' is overused. I do not think, however, that this is the case when… — Steve Maraboli Copy Share Image
In a typical Hindi film, there's the role of the hero, the heroine, and the other important character is the villain. — Vishwajeet Pradhan Copy Share Image
My favourite team was always Barcelona. When I was young, I went to see them, my first ever big game. Jari Litmanen… — Teemu Pukki Copy Share Image
We all have defining moments. It is in these moments that we find our true characters. We become heroes or cowards; truth… — Robert Kiyosaki Copy Share Image
You are lucky in life if you have the right heroes. I advise all of you, to the extent you can, to… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men. — Katee Sackhoff Copy Share Image
I personally feel that no human is a hero or a villain. All of us have our grey sides, and that is… — Manoj Bajpayee Copy Share Image
I think it's irresponsible when celebrities imply they're doing it all themselves. My son has aunties and uncles around all the time,… — Alanis Morissette Copy Share Image
Most American heroes of the Revolutionary period are by now two men, the actual man and the romantic image. Some are even… — Esther Forbes Copy Share Image
He has been named as the heir apparent of the great Argentine hero, Diego Maradona, by journalists, players, and Maradona himself, alike.… — Franz Beckenbauer Copy Share Image
Don't wait for a Gandhi, don't wait for a King, don't wait for a Mandela. You are your own Mandela, you are… — Leymah Gbowee Copy Share Image
I think if I were a superhero saving the world, I'd expect at least not to have to pay income taxes. I… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
Myths of the heroes are cosmic creation myths in microcosm. They depict, in no matter how subtle variation, the eternal battle we… — Dorothy Norman Copy Share Image
There's a new children's book that's coming out that features Sarah Palin as a hero. I don't want to give away the… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
