“My friends wanted their names in the list of employees of some company, well I wanted my name in the list of… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Some of us need to learn to be heroes to ourselves before we can be that for others. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
War was a way of life for Americans in the early forties. Heroism was expected. — Orson Bean Copy Share Image
I welcome all the signs indicating that a more manly and warlike age is commencing, which will, above all, bring heroism again… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Starting and profitably running a business is not just some achievement, it is heroism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
There is heroism even in the circles of hell for fellow-sinners who cling to each other in the fiery whirlwind and never… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Since time out of mind, a considered act of heroism has been the cure for stultifying ambivalence. — Clarissa Pinkola Estes Copy Share Image
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see everyday, is perhaps the most difficult… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them. Like them, he was slandered… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
Do not neglect the principles of foresight and know that often, puffed up with success, armies have lost the fruit of their… — Frederick The Great Copy Share Image
When you confuse personal love and cosmic heroism you are bound to fail in both spheres. The impossibility of the heroism undermines… — Ernest Becker Copy Share Image
The painter celebrates life where he finds it. His morality is the morality of enjoyment, of the continuous development of his own… — Patrick Swift Copy Share Image
“Heroism isn’t some mysterious inner virtue, the Greeks believed; it’s a collection of skills that every man and woman can master so… — Christopher McDougall Copy Share Image
Heroism is an extraordinary feat of the flesh; holiness is an ordinary act of the spirit. One may bring personal glory; the… — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
Man is capable of every great heroism; it was man who found a means of conquering the formidable obstacles of his environment,… — Maria Montessori Copy Share Image
Preparatory human beings. - I welcome all signs that a more virile, warlike age is about to begin, which will restore honour… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“The Greatest Generation? They tell me I am a member of the greatest generation. That's because I saw combat duty as a… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“It may not feel too classy, begging just to eat But you know who does that? Lassie, and she always gets a… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“The modern mind is forced towards the future by a certain sense of fatigue, not unmixed with terror, with which it regards… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
William Graebner's brilliant analysis of America's struggles over the meaning of Patty Hearst gives us not only new perspectives on the 1970s,… — Beth Bailey Copy Share Image
I would rather have strong enemies than a world of passive individualists. In a world of passive individualists nothing seems worth anything… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
“You are constantly being trained to be heroic only in the service of your masters - only in slaughter and sacrifice and… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
There were others, women with stories that were told in a quieter voice: women who hid Jewish children in their homes, putting… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
“Smiling at death seems like a pretty bold act. And so I smile like a damned fool.” — Emm Cole Copy Share Image
The hero is the one who goes beyond his skills, until he becomes able to improve, and perhaps even alter, the skills… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
I think ultimately the film 'Room' is a kind of hymn to motherhood and to the everyday heroism of parents who find… — Emma Donoghue Copy Share Image
The epic disappeared along with the age of personal heroism; there can be no epic with artillery. — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
The chief business of the nation, as a nation, is the setting up of heroes, mainly bogus. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama, competition, camaraderie & heroism — Fred Lebow Copy Share Image
“And it's funny how when somebody saves you, the first thing you want to do is save other people.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better… — Gene Siskel Copy Share Image
“Your position may be highly powerful, but you will be a hero only when you are highly respected.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who… — Johan Huizinga Copy Share Image
Times of heroism are generally times of terror, but the day never shines in which this element may not work. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Librarianship is a form of heroism. It’s just not as flashy as swords and dragons. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Future will always remember the heroes, its because of them there exist a future.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“By doing ordinary actions efficiently you will become the best among ordinary, but you will not be an extraordinary.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“There is no heroism in sheep. They stand on the hill and go “Baa”, as they’re being slaughtered.” — Skip Coryell Copy Share Image