Anything Quote by Harvey Pekar

I think that the so-called average person often exhibits a great deal of heroism in getting through an ordinary day . . .

— Harvey Pekar

True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care—with no one there to see…

— David Foster Wallace

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as…

— Angus Wilson

Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.

— James Geary

I think heroism is when somebody really goes above and beyond the call of duty and does something outstanding for either themselves or somebody…

— John Assaraf

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…

— Nora Roberts

The lives of truest heroism are those in which there are no great deeds to look back upon. It is the little things well…

— Theodore Roosevelt

True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with…

— Isabel Allende

'Heroism' is not the same as coping. A man who does his job properly and succeeds through his own efforts is definitely to be…

— Jeff Cooper

On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.

— Nancy Gibbs

Heroism in a bad cause.

— Karel Reisz