Cease Quote by Jiddu Krishnamurti

The man whose action habitually bears the stamp of his mind is a genius, but the greatest genius is not always equal to himself,…

— Honore de Balzac

The perfectibility of the human mind is a theme that has captured our imagination for centuries - the notion that, with the right tools,…

— Maria Konnikova

A true hero is not someone who thinks about doing what is right, but one that simply does what is right without thinking!

— Anonymous

A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.

— Andrew Bernstein

Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes

— Benjamin Disraeli

What makes a hero truly great is that they never despair.

— Roy Thompson

A man not perfect, but of heart so high, of such heroic rage, That even his hopes became a part of earth's eternal heritage.

— Richard Watson Gilder

The greatest of all heroes is One--whom we do not name here! Let sacred silence meditate that sacred matter; you will find it the…

— Thomas Carlyle

The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will, but pleasantly, and, as it were, merrily, he advancesto…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ultimately, we measure ourselves against our own ideas of idealism and perfection, and we don't always come very close to them.

— Joyce Carol Oates

To think great thoughts you must be heroes as well as idealists.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

“When we stop thinking primarily about ourselves, of our wants, our image and our own self-preservation, we undergo a transformation of truly heroic proportions.”

— José N. Harris