Being a hero Quote by Henry David Thoreau Download Open image “The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.” — Henry David Thoreau ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being a hero Fire fighter Firefighter Firefighting Fireman Great hero Hero Heroic Inspirational Men Simplest
Man's proper stature is not one of mediocrity, failure, frustration, or defeat, but one of achievement, strength, and nobility. In short, man can and… — Mike Mentzer Copy Share Image
“The modern hero is a person who does something everyone thinks they could do if they were a little stronger, a little faster, a… — John Edwards Copy Share Image
In war-time a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's… — Jean Giraudoux Copy Share Image
The men I write can be intense, quiet, outspoken and outrageous, deadly or fun... but I would never waste time on a hero who… — Lori Foster Copy Share Image
Men have to have heroes, but no man can ever be as big as the need, and so a legend grows around a grain… — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
The hero, therefore, is the man or woman who has been able to battle past his personal and local historical limitations. — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
“Heroes are men who admit to being difficult to live with, who demand extremely high standards in every aspect of their lives, who are… — Robyn Donald Copy Share Image
If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Men say they know many things; But lo! they have taken wings, — The arts and sciences, And a thousand appliances; The wind that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“All voting is a sort of gaming, like checkers or back gammon, with a slight moral tinge to it, a playing with right and wrong, with moral questions; and betting naturally accompanies it. The character of the voters is not staked. I cast my vote, perchance, as I think right; but I am not vitally concerned that that right should… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share
“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
A traveler who looks at things with an impartial eye may see what the oldest inhabitant has not observed. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
In proportion as our inward life fails, we go more constantly and desperately to the post office. You may depend on it, that the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I had three chairs in my house; one for solitude, two for friendship, three for society. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The still youthful energies of the globe have only to be directed in their proper channel. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Concord's little arch does not span all our fate, nor is what transpires under it law for the universe. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I wouldn't mind being a hero to a kid. I grew up idolizing players, so I know how important that is for a lot… — Johnny Damon Copy Share Image
Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes over night. Just… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I need a hero to save my life I need a hero just in time Save me just in time Who's gonna fight for what's right Who's gonna help us survive We're in the fight of our lives Who's gonna fight for the weak Who's gonna make 'em believe I've got a hero Livin' in me I'm gonna fight for… — Anonymous Copy Share
I want to give you something.” He slid the ring off his finger. “Up until this week, I’ve never wanted anything more in my life than to wear this ring. Not as a piece of jewelry, but because I thought I could find meaning in saving others, in being a hero. But the meaning I’ve finally found in my life… — Scott Speer Copy Share
If we lived in a State where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us good, and greed would make us saintly. And we'd live like animals or angels in the happy land that /needs/ no heroes. But since in fact we see that avarice, anger, envy, pride, sloth, lust and stupidity commonly profit far beyond humility, chastity, fortitude, justice… — Robert Bolt Copy Share
Nine! The Navy Diver is not a fighting man, he is a salvage expert. Ten! If it is lost underwater, he finds it. If it's sunk, he brings it up. If it's in the way, he moves it. Eleven! If he''s lucky, he will die young, 200 feet beneath the waves, for that is the closest he''ll ever get to… — Billy Sunday Copy Share
What's the point of being a hero when everyone thinks you're a villain? — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things...Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. — Peter S. Beagle Copy Share Image
Somebody asked me earlier if I thought it was really important to tell stories about women's struggles. And I said yes, but at the… — Diablo Cody Copy Share Image
True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
