Librarianship is a form of heroism. It’s just not as flashy as swords and dragons. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
“There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I am less affected by their heroism who stood up for half an hour in the front line at Buena Vista, than… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict. — Andrew Bernstein Copy Share Image
“Of what avail are my loftiest thoughts if I have ceased to exist?” there are some will ask; to whom others, it… — Maurice Maeterlinck Copy Share Image
Using the language of heroism, calling Daniel Ellsberg a hero, and calling the other people who made great sacrifices heroes - even… — Edward Snowden 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
The basis of your religion is injustice. The Son of God the pure, the immaculate, the innocent, is sacrificed for the guilty.… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
Only the violent acts of men "count" toward something besides evil in a patriarchy. It is the male story of violence that… — Lidia Yuknavitch Copy Share Image
I've been an action buff all my life. For me, action is not complete without emotion, and at the same time it's… — Sajid Khan Copy Share Image
Is society debasing the idea of heroism by using it to describe anyone who makes people feel good about themselves? — Lena Williams 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
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
John Wells and Christopher Chulack were pretty honest from the get-go in our first meeting about 'Southland.' They were looking to create… — Shawn Hatosy Copy Share Image
The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as… — Angus Wilson Copy Share Image
“Sometimes even the most successful people feel empty and incomplete; because they are not heroes yet.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
You and I, we must carry on, Gemma. I cannot afford the luxury of love. I must marry well. And now I… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways and move them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism — Khaled Hosseini 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
Our national fondness for celebrating the physical heroism of soldiers - the apparent readiness with which they sacrifice their lives to larger… — Elizabeth Samet Copy Share Image
Captain Richard Phillips of the good ship Maersk Alabama - and Sully Sullenberger splashing down his crippled airliner in the Hudson River… — Tina Brown Copy Share Image
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
