His [Gen. Douglas MacArthurs] twenty-two medals-thirteen of them for heroism-probably exceeded those of any other figure in American history. He seemed to… — William Manchester Copy Share Image
I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
Have it compose a poem -- a poem about a haircut! But lofty, noble, tragic, timeless, full of love, treachery, retribution, quiet… — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
“A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the… — Brandon Mull Copy Share Image
What keeps India safe really is the heroism of millions of poor Indians who every day reject the allure of terrorism. What… — Aravind Adiga Copy Share Image
I believe there's a hero in all of us that keeps us honest, noble and finally allows us to die with pride.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Sometimes heroics revolted him; they seemed like an insult to the soldier who weighed the risks of the situation and made calm,… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
You can find heroism everyday, like guys working terrible jobs because they've got to support their families. Or as far as humor,… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
“one form of heroism, about which few if any films will be made, is having the courage to live without bitterness when… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Rostov kept thinking about that brilliant feat of his, which, to his surprise, had gained him the St. George Cross and even… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“You carry the hopes of humanity into the realm of the eternal. Monsters never die. They are reborn from the chaos and… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and… — Joshua Chamberlain Copy Share Image
“This is not to say that the point of the hard way is that we must be heroic. The attitude of "heroism"… — Chögyam Trungpa Copy Share Image
I detest my past, and anyone else's. I detest resignation, patience, professional heroism and obligatory beautiful feelings. I also detest the decorative… — Rene Magritte Copy Share Image
If in heroic conduct, whether of warriors, philosophers or scientists, we see what is of essential nature, then we know that all… — Alfred Rosenberg Copy Share Image
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Heroism' often consists in keeping your head in an emergency and doing the best you can with what you have instead of… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
In the name of a greater civilization, we curse those who for the sake of their ambitious dreams, brought about the massacre… — Amadeo Bordiga Copy Share Image
We are moving away from the old idea of leadership -- leadership has less to do (now) with heroism. We don't look… — Walter Truett Anderson Copy Share Image
“Heroes abound at the dawn of civilizations, during pre-Homeric and Gothic epochs, when people, not having yet experienced spiritual torture, satisfy their… — Emil Cioran Copy Share Image
From an over-arching point-of-view, in war there is heroism on both sides. Obviously, the victor gets the spoils, the victor gets to… — Russell Crowe Copy Share Image
“I don't think there's any heroism anymore. The heroism has to be created out of the medium itself. Going back to the… — Robert Ashley Copy Share Image
“So the difference between a criminal and a hero is the order in which their vile crimes are committed. And justice comes… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
Everyone thinks my story should be marked by heroism, but there was no risk to myself. You see, no-one in Prague at… — Nicholas Winton Copy Share Image
“To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most… — Theodore H. White Copy Share Image
Well, my thoughts about California are kind of mythological. To me, as well as being a real place, it's a place where… — Colin Hay Copy Share Image
Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world,… — Bernhard von Bulow Copy Share Image
“The ideal hero of the age emerges as a titanic individual who, after rejecting and overthrowing a corrupt social order, struggles on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The universe appears to me like an immense, inexorable torture-garden…Passions, greed, hatred, and lies; social institutions, justice, love, glory, heroism, and religion:… — Octave Mirbeau Copy Share Image
“Very good, Jason Grace," Notus said. "You are a son of Jupiter, yet you have chosen your own path- as all the… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
My wife Lorrie actually looked in the dictionary to see what the definition was of heroism because it had been used so… — Chesley Sullenberger Copy Share Image
Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In the grasp of self-righteousness of his heroism a never want to accept that A women are single omnipotent in this world,… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
The fear of loss is an engine of horrors, but also a source of the greatest forms of heroism. There's not a… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
“My left foot is the wisdom from yesterday, my right foot is the vision of tomorrow and my mind is focused on… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“We'd been trying so hard to look like our heroes, we'd kinda forgotten what a hero really is. Capes, masks, powers —… — Mikko Copy Share Image
“The book is sustained on its own axis by the pure flux and rotation of events. Just as there is no central… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also… — Aristide Briand Copy Share Image
The suicide bomber's imagination leads him to believe in a brilliant act of heroism, when in fact he is simply blowing himself… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
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