Best Heroism Proverbs

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Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and… — Thomas Merton
The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference. — Henry Miller
Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism sparked the movement for freedom, justice and equality. Her greatest contribution… — Marc Morial
A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer. — Novalis
It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes. — Louis Pasteur
In most films - especially in regards to the protagonist - really from the get-go they set up some scenario that endears that character to… — Joaquin Phoenix
What people adore about superhero movies is the signal quality of the Christopher Nolan films - their complete lack of irony when it comes to… — John Podhoretz
I want to be Robin to Bush's Batman. — Dan Quayle
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. — Christopher Reeve
There are heroes in evil as well as in good. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by. — Will Rogers
Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth. — Will Rogers
A hero is a man who does what he can. — Romain Rolland
Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The suicide bomber's imagination leads him to believe in a brilliant act of heroism, when in fact he is simply blowing himself up pointlessly and… — Salman Rushdie
One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being. — May Sarton
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle. — Norman Schwarzkopf
Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom. — Herbert Spencer
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity. — Richard Thompson
The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule. — Miguel de Unamuno
Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary. — Gerard Way
The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep… — Joss Whedon
True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. — Alfred North Whitehead
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

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