Hero Quotes

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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others… — Arthur Ashe
Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome. — Margaret Atwood
I'm bad at picking heroes. — Margaret Atwood
No hero is mortal till he dies. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Clint Eastwood has always been a hero. — Kevin Bacon
If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. — Abigail Adams
Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. — John Barth
As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene,… — John Adams
Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the… — Joe Barton
Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic… — Jean-Michel Basquiat
What is a society without a heroic dimension? — Jean Baudrillard
Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool. — Felix Baumgartner
Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the hero is the… — Andrew Bernstein
A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted. — Andrew Bernstein
'Easter' is a movable event, calculated by the relative positions of sun and moon, an impossible way of fixing year by year the anniversary of… — Annie Besant
I was a daredevil before, and after I lost my sight I was the same. I loved riding bikes, scooters and horses. I even learned… — Andrea Bocelli
I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me… — Orlando Bloom
My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them. — Bono
A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful… — Daniel Boone
Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities. — Daniel J. Boorstin

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