Being a hero Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

“Heroes may be less than heroic, while the common man saves the day.”

— Barbara Kingsolver

You can't be common, the common man goes nowhere; you have to be uncommon

— Herb Brooks

“[...] and after those big strokes, what's to tell? We run out of things that make us individual very quickly; all of us have…

— Douglas Coupland

“CoMMOn SeNSe iS nOt sO cOmMOn aMoNg coMMon pEOPLe...”

— DeOLs

Heroes come in all sizes, and you don't have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It's just as…

— George Lucas

True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.

— Henry David Thoreau

A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

To me, however, the question of the times resolved itself into a practical question of the conduct of life. How shall I live? We…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The worst feature of this double consciousness is, that the two lives, of the understanding and of the soul, which we lead, reallyshow very…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson