Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
“You can survive without artistry, but you cannot live without artistry.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“There was the potential for evil everywhere, and the only way to combat it was if more people chose goodness. If more… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
Sometimes you can't wait for someone else to save you. You have to be the hero that saves yourself. — Sonya Parker Copy Share Image
Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
His [Gen. Douglas MacArthur's] own heroes were Lincoln and Washington, and in some ways he resembled them. — William Manchester Copy Share Image
Apart from my absolute belief in National Socialism and my conviction of Hitler's superhuman heroism, I had always been attracted to Germany. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that… — Salman Khan Copy Share Image
“Schizofrenia pana la ultima ei limita, refuzul total al oricarei realitati decat cea a visului, al oricarui adevar decat al viziunii.” — Gellu Naum Copy Share Image
When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. Women face childbed and the scrubbing brush, revolutionaries keep their mouths shut… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
Heroism is not blind courage: it is selfless action. it is knowing the odds are stacked against you, but feeling that you… — John Baldoni Copy Share Image
“The definition of a hero changes depending on the needs of the person with the dictionary. And of late I’ve become more… — Lindsay Buroker Copy Share Image
Regarding heroism, I grew up in a culture where you learn about heroes and heroines all the time. In a way, when… — Yiyun Li Copy Share Image
Being Kind Not in some great deed of heroism; not in some great speech or act that may be pointed to with… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe Copy Share Image
Standing strong, when you know you might fall. Staring back at who you used to be. How far you have come, you… — Jenna Bognar Copy Share Image
That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you that makes you want to believe that… — Lise Hand Copy Share Image
So many misconceptions surround the notion of heroism. Far too many categorize a hero as a champion on the battlefield, a commander… — Brandon Mull 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
“{Letter from Debbs to Eva Ingersoll, husband of Robert Ingersoll , just after the news of Robert's death} We were inexpressibly shocked… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
“Finally Marcus stepped forward. "If you insist on going through me to get him, it's your call. But I warn you, I… — Dan Wells Copy Share Image
“We are like a bunch of dogs squirting on fire hydrants. We poison the groundwater with our toxic piss, marking everything MINE… — John Green Copy Share Image
This may not be the path for everyone. But the trust of which we speak is not an act of heroism. it… — William McGurn Copy Share Image
“Our quest for heroism is awkward. Not the obvious heroism that earns medals and applause but the heroism of daily life. Go… — Jonathan Hull Copy Share Image
“But one must remember that they were all men with systems. Freud, monumentally hipped on sex (for which he personally had little… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image