Hero Quotes

2488 Hero quotes by 1701 unique authors

What's a hero if not for its journey. — J.H. Wyman
He had found the band of jackals he needed. But as Jack McCall rode through the center of town, he experienced the terrifying certainty that… — Walter Hill
My one ambition is to play a hero. — Sessue Hayakawa
I always wanted to work with Betty White, because she is one of my heroes of all time, and I just love her. — Cheech Marin
I'm really not that good at Guitar Hero! — Aaron Yoo
I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will… — George Bernard Shaw
People see their own lives as stories; a lifelong story with a single hero or heroine... much contemporary unhappiness is due to the fact that… — Guy Claxton
The hero's will is not that of his ancestors nor of his society, but his own. This will to be oneself is heroism. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
At the gates of the forest, the surprised man of the world is forced to leave his city estimates of great and small, wise and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We dream forever unless we awaken. We move from one dream to another, some beautiful, some we're the hero or the heroine, some horrible, some… — Frederick Lenz
It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still think of any of them as heroes. — Robert Novak
A man I admire and respect - Congressman John Lewis, an American hero, made allegations that Sarah Palin and I were somehow associated with the… — John McCain
I think it's a dance that people want to see. It's a chemistry that people want to see. In the same way that people don't… — Nathan Fillion
It makes a great difference whether Davus or a hero speaks. — Horace
He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero. — Josh Billings
It is all very well to talk about being the captain of your soul. It is hard, and only a few heroes, saints, and geniuses… — Walter Lippmann
To a valet no man is a hero. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Rarely do they appear great before their valets. — Jean de la Bruyere
The truths of the Scriptures are so marked and inimitable, that the inventor would be more of a miraculous character than the hero. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head-winds right for royal sails. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no true orator who is not a hero. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
A wicked Hero will turn his back to an innocent coward. — Benjamin Franklin
If you want to know what a man's character is really like... ask him to tell you the living person he most admires - for… — Sydney J. Harris

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