Heroism Quotes

373 Heroism quotes by 280 unique authors

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. It is all part of the fairy tale. — Peter S. Beagle
All actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day.. — Ray Bradbury
These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of… — Abigail Adams
I can easily believe it. Women of that class have great opportunities, and if they are intelligent may be well worth listening to. Such varieites… — Jane Austen
Quiet heroism or youthful idealism, or both? What do we know? That life without heroism and idealism is not worth living - or that either… — Erich Segal
Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A… — Lloyd Alexander
The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero. — Ursula K. Le Guin
Genuine heroism for man is still the power to support contradictions, no matter how glaring or hopeless they may seem. — Ernest Becker
I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world… — Florence Nightingale
Self trust is the essence of heroism. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All the stories and descriptions of that time without exception peak only of the patriotism, self-sacrifice, despair, grief, and heroism of the Russians. But in… — Leo Tolstoy
Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. — Fred Rogers
…there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but the… — Albert Camus
One part brave, three parts fool! — Christopher Paolini
Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic. — Leif Enger
There is a kind of expressed love which is easy to subvert. When a figure is loved for their deeds, their conquests, their heroism, their… — Ben Okri
Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their… — Jodi Picoult
And why does it make you sad to see how everything hangs by such thin and whimsical threads? Because you’re a dreamer, an incredible dreamer,… — Eldridge Cleaver
There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done. — Arthur Conan Doyle
...it is only when a man goes out into the world with the thought that there are heroisms all round him, and with the desire… — Arthur Conan Doyle
This topic brings me to that worst outcrop of herd life, the military system, which I abhor... This plague-spot of civilization ought to be abolished… — Albert Einstein
She was one of those people who was born for the greatness of a single love, for exaggerated hatred, for apocalyptic vengance, and for the… — Isabel Allende
But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I imagine. What interests… — Albert Camus

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