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Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion. — Calvin Coolidge
As it stands, motherhood is a sort of wilderness through which each woman hacks her way, part martyr, part pioneer; a turn of events from… — Rachel Cusk
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. — Bob Dylan
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. — Umberto Eco
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them! — Albert Einstein
Every hero becomes a bore at last. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism. — Alexander Hamilton
As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary. — Ernest Hemingway
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
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion. — William Hazlitt
Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions. — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own… — Thor Heyerdahl
I don't believe in war as a solution to any kind of conflict, nor do I believe in heroism on the battlefield because I have… — Thor Heyerdahl
A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough… — E. W. Howe
What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they… — Aldous Huxley
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
The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow. — Washington Irving
My heroes are and were my parents. I can't see having anyone else as my heroes. — Michael Jordan
Science fiction without the science just becomes, you know, sword and sorcery, basically stories about heroism and not much more. — Michio Kaku
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
Heroism is endurance for one moment more. — George F. Kennan
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods? — Thomas B. Macaulay
Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one… — Mickey Mantle
In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one. — H. L. Mencken

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