Heroic Quotes

513 Heroic quotes by 409 unique authors

The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought. — Vaclav Havel
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… — Vaclav Havel
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… — Vaclav Havel
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… — Vaclav Havel
A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too. — Helen Hayes
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism. — Robert Green Ingersoll
One man with courage is a majority. — Thomas Jefferson
Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. — Thomas Jefferson
There is an electric fire in human nature tending to purify - so that among these human creatures there is continually some birth of new… — John Keats
If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for, he isn't fit to live. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is… — Dean Koontz
What is a hero without love for mankind. — Doris Lessing
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point. — C.S. Lewis
When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that's a term. It implies that he failed and… — Norm MacDonald
I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in… — Steve Martin
Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of… — Bryant H. McGill
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and… — Thomas Merton
The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference. — Henry Miller

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