Advantage Quote by Henry David Thoreau

The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is nothing man desires more than a heroic life: there is nothing less common to men than heroism.

— Jacques Maritain

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

— Calvin Coolidge

I had a theoretical reverence and homage for beauty, elegance, gallantry, fascination but had I met those qualities incarnate in masculine shape, I should…

— Charlotte Bronte

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve…

— Arthur Ashe

“Heroism is all about discovering our purpose of life, exercising the Power of ONE and affirming the Power of Intent which we are all…

— Jeroninio Almeida

In my opinion, actual heroism, like actual love, is a messy, painful, vulnerable business—and I wanted to try to reflect that.

— John Green

It was a pleasure to deal with a man of high ideals, who scorned everything mean and base, and who possessed those robust and…

— Theodore Roosevelt

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men.

— Thomas Carlyle

Did any man at his death ever regret his conflicts with himself, his victories over appetite, his scorn of impure pleasure, or his sufferings…

— William Ellery Channing

I believe there's a hero in us all that keeps us honest, give us strength, makes us noble, and finally allows us to die…

— Mike Saquan Wren

Genuine heroism for man is still the power to support contradictions, no matter how glaring or hopeless they may seem.

— Ernest Becker