Heroism Quote by Nicholas Winton

Heroism is not blind courage: it is selfless action. it is knowing the odds are stacked against you, but feeling that you must do…

— John Baldoni

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as…

— Angus Wilson

Heroism in a bad cause.

— Karel Reisz

True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care—with no one there to see…

— David Foster Wallace

There are astonishing stories of heroism not only in preventing bloodshed, but in building understanding which lasts.

— Scilla Elworthy

On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.

— Nancy Gibbs

I was no hero. The dearest wishes of my heart were for safety and tranquility. The world was a perilous place, wrong for the…

— Gail Carson Levine

…there's no question of heroism in all this. It's a matter of common decency. That's an idea which may make some people smile, but…

— Albert Camus

“There was a moment, however, when the King and I were looking directly into each other's eyes, and in that instant I had a…

— Robertson Davies

Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.

— James Geary

People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney…

— Eric Davis

I like to say I'm not a hero. I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war.

— Norman Schwarzkopf