Common Quote by Albert Camus

Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with…

— Isabel Allende

True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If…

— Ernest Renan

Heroism is a matter of choice.

— Richard Cohen

True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care—with no one there to see…

— David Foster Wallace

Few of us will do the spectacular deeds of heroism that spread themselves across the pages of our newspapers in big black headlines. But…

— Wilferd Peterson

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

— Calvin Coolidge

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as…

— Angus Wilson

Heroism is not fighting some big battle. It is not standing up to some fearsome foe ... Heroism is every day getting up with…

— Cory Booker

There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.

— Romain Rolland

There are astonishing stories of heroism not only in preventing bloodshed, but in building understanding which lasts.

— Scilla Elworthy

Heroism in a bad cause.

— Karel Reisz