Contempt Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

In America we have only the bourgeoisie, and the love of the heroic is one of the few counterpoises available to us. In us…

— Allan Bloom

The determination in your heroic effort Will permeate your mind and heart Even after your success or failure Is long forgotten.

— Sri Chinmoy

“what makes and ordinary person heroic is when they give up the thing they want most”

— Jane Heller

Often, what allows someone to behave heroically in dire circumstances is unpalatable in day-to-day life.

— Nic Pizzolatto

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

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“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

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

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.

— Edward Albert

To me, it's a heroic attribute to be so committed to a principle that you apply it, not when it's easy, not when it…

— Glenn Greenwald

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

— Benjamin Disraeli

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

— Martin Freeman

“People who never did a heroic deed themselves are very particular as to how heroes behave...”

— Annie Brown