Antiquity Quote by Nicholas Meyer

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“You cannot be a hero unless you are prepared to give up everything; there is no ascent to the heights without a prior descent…

— Karen Armstrong

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may going to prove one's self a fool.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles--preferably of…

— Garth Stein

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

“To be heroic may mean nothing more than this then, to stand in the face of the status quo, in the face of an…

— Mike Alsford

“Heroes abound at the dawn of civilizations, during pre-Homeric and Gothic epochs, when people, not having yet experienced spiritual torture, satisfy their thirst for…

— Emil Cioran

People have their complexities. They have their heroic moments and their villainous moments, too.

— Ryan Reynolds

I enjoy flawed heroes that actually struggle, you know, with their own sort of path and are not really aware that they reach that…

— Cory Barlog

“To be heroic does not have to mean possessing the ability to stand against the evils of the world, either well or successfully, but…

— Mike Alsford

Heroes became heroes flaws and all. You don’t have to be perfect to fulfill your dream.

— Peter McWilliams

Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous.

— Charlaine Harris