Heroic Quotes

513 Heroic quotes by 409 unique authors

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces. — Philip Zimbardo
I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people… — Philip Zimbardo
Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse. — Philip Zimbardo
Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge. — Philip Zimbardo
One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us. — Philip Zimbardo
Despite the persistent image of the architect as a heroic loner erecting monumental edifices through sheer force of will, the building art has always been… — Martin Filler
Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we… — Alfred Lord Tennyson
In our age, self-indulgence and self-destruction, rather than self-sacrifice, are the foundations for new heroic myths. — Dean Koontz
To commit herself to becoming "an apostle of Joy" when humanly speaking she might have felt at the brink of despair, was heroic indeed. She… — Brian Kolodiejchuk
It's important to be heroic, ambitious, productive, efficient, creative, and progressive, but these qualities don't necessarily nurture soul. The soul has different concerns, of equal… — Thomas Moore
Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man… — Ayn Rand
Stop," I said. "Please do not further endorken yourself to me. You have great hair and a car that is most fly, and you have… — Christopher Moore
For every bourgeois, in the heat of youth, if only for a day, for a minute, has believed himself capable of immense passions, of heroic… — Gustave Flaubert
Sometimes she went so far as to wish that she should find herself in a difficult position, so that she might have the pleasure of… — Henry James
My philosophy, in essence, is the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with… — Ayn Rand
When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find more hideous crimes have been committed in the name of obedience… — Carrie P Snow
How do we remember to remember? That's a question I've asked myself often since my time on Duma Key, often in the small hours of… — Stephen King
The emotions - love, mirth, the heroic, wonder, tranquility, fear, anger, sorrow, disgust - are in the audience. — John Cage
There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure generation. There is no one here but us chickens, and so it has… — Annie Dillard
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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