Heroic Quotes

513 Heroic quotes by 409 unique authors

The stories that spread today empower us and give us belief in our own heroic potential. — Jonah Sachs
The myth does not point to a fact; the myth points beyond facts to something that informs the fact — Joseph Campbell
The adventure of the hero is the adventure of being alive — Joseph Campbell
What makes one heroic? - Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The road conditions are so variable here, there is ice, snow and everything in between. But a podium finish is a definite possibility if we… — Ken Block
It's not a one time heroic moment but is living each day with bravery. — Renzo Gracie
How much pleasure they lose (and even the pleasures of heroic poesy are not unprofitable) who take away the liberty of a poet, and fetter… — William Davenant
In the hands of the discoverer, medicine becomes a heroic art . . wherever life is dear he is a demigod. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
We cannot look upon our lives as dreams of a dreamer who has no awakening in all time. We have a personality to which matter… — Rabindranath Tagore
If your descent is from heroic sires, Show in your life a remnant of their fires. — Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux
I see on a immense scale, and as clearly as in a demonstration in a laboratory, that good comes out of evil; that the impartiality… — John Burroughs
Christian obedience, by its very nature, has a heroic character. — Hans Urs von Balthasar
Damn, Claire. Warn a guy before you do a face-plant on the floor next time. I could have looked all heroic and caught you or… — Rachel Caine
The heart becomes heroic through passion. It is no longer composed of anything but what is pure; it no longer rests upon anything but what… — Victor Hugo
Im all about entertaining and keeping a reader on the edge of their seat, so to me, the social issues have to be meaningful and… — Andrew Gross
In any culture, subculture, or family in which belief is valued above thought, and self-surrender is valued above self-expression, and conformity is valued above integrity,… — Nathaniel Branden
Of all of men's inborn dispositions there is none more heroic than love. Love will fight no-love every inch of the way. — Laurens van der Post
But despite their heroic acts, the Vietnam Veterans of America continued to struggle to establish a combat badge in honor of these brave pilots and… — Tim Holden
Whoever is fortunate enough to be an American citizen came into the greatest inheritance man has ever enjoyed. He has had the benefit of every… — Isabel Paterson
In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair… — Adelbert von Chamisso
Without doing injustice to the living, it may safely be asserted that our loss is irreparable; and that among the shining hosts of the great… — Jefferson Davis
Invention is an Heroic thing, and plac'd above the reach of a low, and vulgar Genius. It requires an active, a bold, a nimble, a… — Thomas Sprat
There's nothing romantic, nothing grand, nothing heroic, nothing brave, nothing like that about drinking. It's a real coward's death. — Warren Zevon
Those Victorians: endlessly fascinating, broad in their learning, heroic in their achievements, in parts completely mad. — Simon Heffer
Some people might say my coming out after just winning the MVP award is heroic, and I understand that, — Sheryl Swoopes

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409 authors contributed a total of 513 Heroic Quotes, led by these top contributors: