Heroism Quotes

373 quotes by 289 authors

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others… — Arthur Ashe
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
What is a society without a heroic dimension? — Jean Baudrillard
The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable… — Henry Ward Beecher
The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an… — Kathryn Bigelow
Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before. — Kathryn Bigelow
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes. — Bertolt Brecht
September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate the extent of their courage. — Geraldine Brooks
And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a hero can. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. — Joseph Campbell
Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult. — Albert Camus
How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! — Maya Angelou
To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No language can express the power and beauty and heroism of a mother's love. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Sport in the sense of a mass-spectacle, with death to add to the underlying excitement, comes into existence when a population has been drilled and… — Lewis Mumford
I welcome all the signs indicating that a more manly and warlike age is commencing, which will, above all, bring heroism again into honour! — Friedrich Nietzsche
Our country doesn't depend on the heroism of every citizen. But all of us should be worthy of the sacrifices made on our behalf. — John McCain
The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. — Benjamin Disraeli
Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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