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Hero Quotes by Vaclav Havel
- Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.
- When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.
- I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not at the same time build…
- Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something…
- Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps…
- Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.
- Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things…
- The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so…
- The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him…
- There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of…
- Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible…
- I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten…
- Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that…
- The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human…
- The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
- Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever…
- There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.
- If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a…
- Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political…
- None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise…
- Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the…
More Hero Quotes
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — 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… — 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… — 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… — 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