Hero Quotes

2488 Hero quotes by 1701 unique authors

We have all the freedoms we want. But what we are missing is red ink: the language to articulate our non-freedom. The way we are… — Slavoj Å½iÅ¾ek
I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent. — Confucius
Our children long for realistic maps of the future that they can be proud of. Where are the cartographers of human purpose? — Carl Sagan
He is happy as well as great who needs neither to obey nor to command in order to be something. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people. — Louis D. Brandeis
Am I willing to give up what I have in order to be what I am not yet? Am I willing to let my ideas… — Mary Caroline Richards
Believing, with Max Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs,… — Clifford Geertz
If we had a better understanding of the ways we think about enemies, we might be able to think of more rational ways of settling… — Sam Keen
Gold is tried by fire, brave men by adversity. — Seneca the Younger
Those who say that we're in a time when there are no heroes, they just don't know where to look. — Ronald Reagan
Tell me your heroes and I'll tell you how your life will end up — Warren Buffett
The world needs heroes and it's better they be harmless men like me than villains like Hitler — Albert Einstein
The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image or trademark. The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media.… — Daniel J. Boorstin
The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself. — Unknown Author
You want to be a hero? Learn to create certainty in the face of fear. — Tony Robbins
When the spirit is not master of the world, then it is its dupe. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The heroic soul does not sell its justice and its nobleness. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The great will not condescend to take anything seriously. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I see not any road of perfect peace which a man can walk but after the counsel of his own bosom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I see it only that thyself is here, and art and nature, hope and fate, friends, angels and the supreme being shall not be absent… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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