Heroes Quotes

1173 Heroes quotes by 917 unique authors

The Americans are certainly hero-worshipers, and always take their heroes from the criminal classes. — Oscar Wilde
Children demand that their heroes should be freckle less, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary shock… — George Eliot
Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes. Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow… — Brooke Westcott
If we could be heroes, if just for one day. — David Bowie
The best principals are not heroes; they are hero makers. — Roland Barthes
I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision. — Henry David Thoreau
Man's greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes - obscure heroes who are… — Victor Hugo
If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and… — Thomas More
In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. In this life of illusion and quasi-illusion, the person of solid… — Daniel J. Boorstin
My brother is one of my true heroes. Steady and sober where I am impulsive and emotional. — Mark McKinnon
I think showing heroes as fallible helps us and reminds us that we are ourselves fallible and no man is perfect but we can still… — Columbus Short
I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men. — Katee Sackhoff
Real heroes are all around us and uncelebrated. — Peter Capaldi
I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that. — John Rhys-Davies
Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward. — Alan Dershowitz
I have lived in Kentucky all of my life. I am married to my high school sweetheart, David, a local police captain who has no… — Molly Harper
My grandfather was a really, really tough no-nonsense factory worker who emigrated from Ireland in about 1900 to Bridgeport, Conn. He had a big effect… — Brian Dennehy
My all-time heroes are Thurgood Marshall and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., two men who had to really work to achieve what they did. And… — Monte Irvin
As far as action is concerned, our films have been coming up with some great sequences. In fact, I think Hollywood is copying Bollywood by… — Vijender Singh
Life creates new heroes, and new heroes always find it easiest to beat up on the previous heroes. — Lech Walesa
I wanted to paint in a folk-artist-y way. My heroes were Van Gogh, Gauguin, Matisse, and Rembrandt. I think Picasso is about as a modern… — Joni Mitchell
I performed after 9/11 for relief workers down by Ground Zero. There were these men just coming back, and they were voraciously hungry. They were… — Chelsea Peretti
My heroes - people like Woody Allen - were stand-up comedians. Therefore, I always felt I should give it a go. — Stephen Merchant
I like horror; I like comedy; I like drama; I like action; I like female heroes. — Joss Whedon
Virtually every society that survived did so by socializing its sons to be disposable. Disposable in war; disposable in work. We need warriors and volunteer… — Warren Farrell

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