True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
“People become followers of the God because of his fear, but they become a fan of a hero because of his work.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The script of 'Shaapit' was such that the leading man couldn't be shown indulging into anything heroic. — Vikram Bhatt Copy Share Image
I suppose all fictional characters, especially in adventure or heroic fiction, at the end of the day are our dreams about ourselves.… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but… — Jane Campion Copy Share Image
“I want to do something splendid...something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. I don't know what, but I'm… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part… — Adelbert von Chamisso Copy Share Image
War is not heroic. War is not exhilarating. War is full of despair. It is dark. It is dreadful. It is a… — Tite Kubo Copy Share Image
No to spectacle no to virtuosity no to transformations and magic and make believe no to glamour and transcendency of the star… — Yvonne Rainer Copy Share Image
For me, writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain - some heroic thing where I set… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
The sin of capitalism, perhaps, is to make wants feel like needs, to give to simple silly stuff the urgency of near-physical… — Adam Gopnik Copy Share Image
There are two types of courage involved with what I did. When it comes to picking up a rifle, millions of people… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
Nor is there wanting in the press Some spirit to stand simply forth, Heroic in it nakedness, Against the uttermost of earth.… — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
I feel like I'll be defined more so by ... when I get a chance to play roles where I'm the father/husband.… — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
When the German people trusting to the promises made by President Wilson in his Fourteen Points, laid down their arms in November… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
“We find a model for learning how to live in stories about heroism. The heroic quest is about saying yes to yourself… — Carol S. Pearson Copy Share Image
Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold,… — Thomas Sprat Copy Share Image
It [the Civil War] was a heroic struggle; and, as is inevitable with all such struggles, it had also a dark and… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Stop," I said. "Please do not further endorken yourself to me. You have great hair and a car that is most fly,… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“There is heroism to be found in great battles, it is true; warriors with stable knees who fight and know that they… — Kevin Hearne Copy Share Image
Without order or authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness, disorganization, self-indulgence, and moral indifference… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
Having music in the schools, having art in the schools, having art in your life, should not be heroic. It should be… — David Lang Copy Share Image
As polishing expresses the vein in marble, and grain in wood, so music brings out what of heroic lurks anywhere. The hero… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths. — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
I'm not great at fear. I made the least frightening vampire show ever on TV. I'm pretty much good at heroic narratives… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events — David Brin Copy Share Image
But despite their heroic acts, the Vietnam Veterans of America continued to struggle to establish a combat badge in honor of these… — Tim Holden Copy Share Image
Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit,… — Albert Pike Copy Share Image
I don't understand why women get upset when you compare them to one of the monkeys from Planet of the Apes, even… — David James Copy Share Image
Architecture is the alphabet of giants; it is the largest set of symbols ever made to meet the eyes of men. A… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone! — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Sam’s probably out there somewhere being his usual heroic self,” Caine said. “I can’t let that boy save the world all alone.… — Michael Grant Copy Share Image
All good American literature is always interested in people who are ambiguously heroic, like Gatsby. — John Green Copy Share Image
You are brave, kicking a chained prisoner. They must sing heroic ballads about you on winter nights!" (Alanna) — Tamora Pierce Copy Share Image
Surely tis by faith we are upheld thro such trials-justice will be meted in time to those who fill soft places and… — Elizabeth Blair Lee Copy Share Image
“A lot of the younger people think you're downright heroic." "Oh, good," I say, a sour taste in my mouth. "Heroism is… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Every violation of truth is not only a sort of suicide in the liar, but is a stab at the health of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
![“It [the Civil War] was a heroic struggle; and, as is inevitable with all such struggles, it had also a dark and terrible side. Very much was done of good, and much also of evil; and, as was inevitable in such a period of revolution, often the same man did both good and evil. For our great good…” quote by Theodore Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5ef/theodore-roosevelt-218_accomplished_it-the-civil-war-was-a-heroic-struggle-a_1292459.jpg)
