Heroism Quotes

373 Heroism quotes by 280 unique authors

To be a true hero you must be a true Christian. To sum up then, heroism is largely based on two qualities- truthfulness and unselfishness,… — G.A. Henty
Heroism's just doing more than you want to do or think you can. Sometimes it's just doing the crappy things, the unhappy things other people… — Nora Roberts
Like that's the only reason anyone would ever buy a first-aid kit? Don't take this the wrong way, Professor McGonagall, but what sort of crazy… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways and move them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with startling heroism — Khaled Hosseini
By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism — David Gemmell
It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil. — Peter Kreeft
People will say it's sad that she leaves a lesser scar, that fewer remember her, that she was loved deeply but not widely. But it's… — John Green
In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences. — Brandon Mull
You can't hang around waiting for somebody else to pull your strings. Destiny's what you make of it. You have to face whatever life throws… — Darren Shan
You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326) — Brandon Mull
Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple. A child afraid of the dark who one day blows out the candle;… — David Gemmell
To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry. — Dejan Stojanovic
Modernity: we created youth without heroism, age without wisdom, and life without grandeur — Nassim Nicholas Taleb
In my opinion, actual heroism, like actual love, is a messy, painful, vulnerable business—and I wanted to try to reflect that. — John Green
And you came back to Lyrian?" Galloran said in disbelief. "Believe it or not, I came through the same hippopotamus that brought me here the… — Brandon Mull
Rome remained great as long as she had enemies who forced her to unity, vision, and heroism. When she had overcome them all she flourished… — Will Durant
I detest the masculine point of view. I am bored by his heroism, virtue, and honour. I think the best these men can do is… — Virginia Woolf
Isn't every hero aware of all the terrible reason they did those good deeds?" Aware of every mistake they ever made and how good people… — Holly Black
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them,… — Aristotle
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of… — Theodore White
Women more than men can strip war of its glamour and its out-of-date heroisms and patriotisms, and see it as a demon of destruction and… — Lillian Wald
No language can express the power, and beauty, and heroism, and majesty of a mother's love. It shrinks not where man cowers, and grows stronger… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
I find it difficult to believe that I belong to such an idiotic, rotten species - the species that actually boasts of its freedom of… — Albert Einstein
Institutionalised in sports, the military, acculturated sexuality, the history and mythology of heroism, violence is taught to boys until they becomes its advocates. — Andrea Dworkin
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since… — Albert Einstein

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