"Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity...." — Natalie Clifford Barney
"Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity...."
More Heroism Quotes
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but… — Arthur Ashe
- If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. — Abigail Adams
- Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. — John Barth
- What is a society without a heroic dimension? — Jean Baudrillard
- The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet,… — Henry Ward Beecher
- The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They… — Kathryn Bigelow
- Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before. — Kathryn Bigelow
- Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes. — Bertolt Brecht
- September 11, 2001, revealed heroism in ordinary people who might have gone through their lives never called upon to demonstrate… — Geraldine Brooks
- And each man stands with his face in the light. Of his own drawn sword, ready to do what a… — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
- A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. — Joseph Campbell
- Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult. — Albert Camus