Being a hero Quote by Lev Grossman Download Open image “Being a hero, the man had observed, is largely a matter of knowing one’s cues.” — Lev Grossman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being a hero Hero Knowing Matter Men
“Do heroes know when they are heroic? Rarely. Are historic moments acknowledged when they happen? You know the answer to that one. (If not,… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
One never gets to know a person's character better than by watching his behavior during decisive moments… It is always only danger which forces… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
A man must indeed be a hero to appear such in the eyes of his valet. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
A hero is someone who over and over does the right thing even though no one is there to witness it. — Bob Kerrey Copy Share Image
A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all. — Raymond E. Feist Copy Share Image
I learned that he that will be a hero will barely be a man; that he that will be nothing but a doer of… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Dost thou know what a hero is? Why, a hero is as much as one should say, a hero. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
As I see it, part of the art of being a hero is knowing when you don't need to be one anymore. — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
We are conditioned to believe that the hero is always a man, but it might not necessarily be so. — Vicky Kaushal Copy Share Image
As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If… — Ernest Renan Copy Share Image
We're wired to expect the world to be brighter and more meaningful and more obviously interesting than it actually is. And when we realize… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“He was going to sign the papers and he was going to be a motherfucking magician.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“Being brave was easy when you would rather die than give up. Fatigue meant nothing when you actually wanted to suffer.” — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“He wasn't in a safe little story where wrongs were automatically righted; he was still in the real world, where bad bitter things happened… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
I love rare books. Not that I own a lot of them, mind you. You couldn't quite call me a rare-book collector. But I… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
By now he had learned enough to know that when he was getting annoyed at somebody else, it was usually because there was something… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
About as close you can get to the perfect cerebral thriller: searingly smart, ridiculously funny, and fast as hell... I defy anybody to read… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“It's true," Eliot said. "Statistically, historically, and however else you want to look at it, you are almost never right. A monkey making life… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“God, I hope we don’t have to use that,” was all he said out loud. “Oh, come on, Quentina. We’re not looking for trouble.… — Lev Grossman 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
