Hero Quotes

2488 Hero quotes by 1701 unique authors

Heroes exterminate each other for the benefit of people who are not heroes. — Havelock Ellis
The great man, Genghis Khan, only knew how to shoot eagles with an arrow. The past is past. To see real heroes, look around you. — Mao Zedong
The Blood of Heroes is surely the best account to date, one that presents plenty of new insights while acting as a corrective-or at least… — William B. Davis
Just tell me one boy, just one who at seven didn't aspire to be a hero or a fireman. — Unknown Author
I guess you could say that I’m the luckiest girl because I got to meet my true hero. She was a precious person. She made… — Dottie West
My hero wants to belong too, but he doesn't want to give up all the things he came to value in the west. — Orhan Pamuk
Our national myths often exaggerate the role of the individual heroes and understate the importance of collective effort. — Robert D. Putnam
I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not. — Bob Feller
For Hamlet, greatness means willingness to fight for reasons as thin as an eggshell: anyone would fight for things that matter; true heroes take their… — Peter Thiel
Every generation throws a hero up the pop charts. — Paul Simon
I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal. — Norman Spinrad
My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty… — Justin Cronin
If you don't cheat, you look like an idiot; if you cheat and don't get caught, you look like a hero; if you cheat and… — Darrell Waltrip
I want to be a children’s hero… Children need heroes because heroes give hope; without hope they have no future. — Geoffrey Canada
The hero and the coward both feel exactly the same fear, only the hero confronts his fear and converts it into fire. — Cus D'Amato
A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor.... — Winston Churchill
What I want to bring back to superheroes with this project is a sense of play. Things have gotten so dreary. The heroes have gotten… — Frank Miller
Have the fearless attitude of a hero and the loving heart of a child. — Soyen Shaku
All interesting heroes have an Achilles heel. — Jo Nesbo
Boldness governed by superior intellect is the mark of a hero. — Carl von Clausewitz
I declare that civil war is inevitable and is near at hand. When it comes the descendants of the heroes of Lexington and Bunker Hill… — Sam Houston
Don't be a hero. Don't have an ego. — Paul Tudor Jones
Today, free agency takes away a lot of your heroes, they go somewhere else. Some of them don't but a lot of them do-take the… — Bob Lilly
There are no heroes; we are all heroes on the street. — Wael Ghonim
Our revolution is like Wikipedia, okay? Everyone is contributing content, [but] you don't know the names of the people contributing the content. This is exactly… — Wael Ghonim

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