Army Quote by Brian Mast

I think heroism is when somebody really goes above and beyond the call of duty and does something outstanding for either themselves or somebody…

— John Assaraf

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

I have seen heroics - soldiers saving other soldiers' lives - and horrors.

— Richard Engel

People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney…

— Eric Davis

I have decorated soldiers for heroism before, and it was always such an honor to do it.

— Jack Keane

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

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

During a trip to Iraq last fall, I visited our theater hospital at Balad Air Force Base and witnessed these skilled medical professionals in…

— Melissa Bean

Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.

— James Geary

I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their…

— Thor Heyerdahl

Heroism in a bad cause.

— Karel Reisz

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