Heroism Quotes

373 Heroism quotes by 280 unique authors

People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes; what they want is… — Leonardo DiCaprio
[Man] ... his origin, his growth, his hopes and fears, his loves and his beliefs are but the outcome of accidental collocations of atoms; that… — Bertrand Russell
Where do all the women who have watched so carefully over the lives of their beloved ones get the heroism to send them to face… — Kathe Kollwitz
Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men. — Thomas Carlyle
If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero. — Alfred P. Sloan
Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man. — Ayn Rand
The hero draws inspiration from the virtue of his ancestors. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Looking across this field, we see the scale of heroism and sacrifice. All who are buried here understood their duty. All stood to protect America.… — George W. Bush
Truth is a tyrant-the only tyrant to whom we can give our allegiance. The service of truth is a matter of heroism. — John F. Kennedy
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success. — Otto von Bismarck
Did ever a man try heroism, magnanimity, truth, sincerity, and find that there was no advantage in them - that it was a vain endeavor? — Henry David Thoreau
Being Kind Not in some great deed of heroism; not in some great speech or act that may be pointed to with pride-but rather in… — Edgar Cayce
The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've… — Angus Wilson
What makes a hero truly great is that they never despair. — Unknown Author
Adversity is an opportunity for heroism. — Marv Levy
Australians are not given to applauding tragedy unless it is at a distance like Gallipoli or Cooper's Creek, and they prefer pure heroism to be… — Geoffrey Dutton
War can so easily be gilt with romance and heroism and solemn national duty and patriotism and the like by persons whose superficial literary and… — George Bernard Shaw
I pay tribute to the endless heroism of youth. — Nelson Mandela
Heroes are necessary in order to enable the citizens to find their own ideals, courage and wisdom in the society. The hero carries our hopes,… — Rollo May
Any man can work when every stroke of his hands brings down the fruit rattling from the tree ... but to labor in season and… — Henry Ward Beecher
There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it. — Romain Rolland
It is part of the moral tragedy with which we are dealing that words like 'democracy,' 'freedom,' 'rights,' 'justice,' which have so often inspired heroism… — Norman Angell
Feminist art is not some tiny creek running off the great river of real art. It is not some crack in an otherwise flawless stone.… — Andrea Dworkin
Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candor, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of… — Christian Nestell Bovee
Routine is the death to heroism. — P.G. Wodehouse

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