Hero Quotes

2488 Hero quotes by 1701 unique authors

O friend, never strike sail to a fear! — Ralph Waldo Emerson
If you would serve your brother it is fit for you to serve him, do not take back your words when you find that prudent… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
But whoso is heroic must find crises to try his edge. Human virtue demands her champions and martyrs, and the trial of persecution always proceeds. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is fatal to know too much at the outcome: boredom comes as quickly to the traveler who knows his route as to the novelist… — Paul Theroux
If you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you're going to turn out in life. — Warren Buffett
Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may be nothing heroic about it;… — Samuel Smiles
The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knowns. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the possibilities of the… — Daniel J. Boorstin
Our tendency to create heroes rarely jibes with the reality that most nontrivial problems require collective solutions. — Warren G. Bennis
Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they've stayed true to their ideals and… — Kevin Costner
A true champion is someone who wants to make a difference, who never gives up, and who gives everything she has no matter what the… — Dot Richardson
The vision of a culture lies in what becomes its major institutions, in what it remembers as its most impacting events, in who it sees… — Joan D. Chittister
We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives. — James Ellis
What is a minority? The chosen heroes of this earth have been in a minority. There is not a social, political, or religious privilege that… — John Bartholomew Gough
When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked "What is a hero?" ...My answer was that a hero is someone who commits… — Christopher Reeve
When you feel the world is against you or you give up hope, you look at your heroes and say, "They were able to do… — John Leguizamo
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes. — Elbert Hubbard
A working class hero is something to be. — John Lennon
Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it is my responsibility to… — Studs Terkel
I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored. — Studs Terkel
Explore your mind, discover yourself, then give the best that is in you to your age and to your world. There are heroic possibilities waiting… — Wilferd Peterson

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