Heroism Quotes

373 Heroism quotes by 280 unique authors

There are astonishing stories of heroism not only in preventing bloodshed, but in building understanding which lasts. — Scilla Elworthy
Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and cheerfully undertaken all… — Joshua Chamberlain
The moralist must praise heroism and condemn cruelty; but the moralist does not explain events. — Georges Lefebvre
I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision. — Henry David Thoreau
Sometimes what we call love is just a settling of old scores, or a seeking of forbidden pain, or a circuitous path to the kingdom… — Anne Roiphe
Morality binds people into groups. It gives us tribalism, it gives us genocide, war, and politics. But it also gives us heroism, altruism, and sainthood. — Jonathan Haidt
Heroism often results as a response to extreme events. — James Geary
Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously guilt-laden man. He… — Michael Eric Dyson
September 11th has produced only miniature heroes because our culture has freed itself from many of the old, dangerous, elitist fantasies of heroism... But in… — Rory Stewart
I lived the life of Londoners - and thence comes my immense gratitude and my deep attachment with the British people. I do not think… — Maurice Druon
Captain Richard Phillips of the good ship Maersk Alabama - and Sully Sullenberger splashing down his crippled airliner in the Hudson River - broke through… — Tina Brown
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among… — Plato
Heroism in a bad cause. — Karel Reisz
1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of… — Rosa DeLauro
It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing… — Johan Huizinga
Since the German people, with unparalleled heroism, but also at the cost of fearful sacrifices, has waged war against half the world, it is our… — Bernhard von Bulow
Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring… — Salman Khan
A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence and seems to conquer them. Obviously that can only work… — Jim Morrison
Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say over fear: fear of poverty, of suffering, of calumny, of… — Henri Frederic Amiel
Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's supreme mystery is… — William James
Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact. When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of… — Chief Edward F Croker
Standing strong, when you know you might fall. Staring back at who you used to be. How far you have come, you finally see. All… — Jenna Bognar
A hero is someone who does what he can. — Ash Sweeney
Kindness is the best heroism. — Superman
Fool! I mean not That poor-souled piece of heroism, self-slaughter; Oh no! the miserablest day we live There's many a better thing to do than… — Kaile Stewart

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