Abandonment Quote by Victor Hugo

“For there are many great deeds done in the small struggles of life. There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot…

— Victor Hugo

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes

— Victor Hugo

“Heroes are men who admit to being difficult to live with, who demand extremely high standards in every aspect of their lives, who are…

— Robyn Donald

When great men permit themselves to be cast down by the continuance of misfortune, they show us that they were only sustained by ambition,…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Men can have an obvious display of heroics or strength or accomplishment, but it is the unsung women throughout all ages of humankind who…

— Red Haircrow

I have come to think that great men are characterized precisely by the extreme position which they take, and that their heroism consists in…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

All sorts of Heroes are intrinsically of the same material; that given a great soul, open to the Divine Significance of Life, then there…

— Thomas Carlyle

“there are quiet victories and struggles, great sacrifices of self, and noble acts of heroism, in it - even in many of its apparent…

— Charles Dickens

There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity and dishonesty.…

— Victor Hugo

A man's greatest work is to break his enemies, to drive them before him, to take from them all the things that have been…

— Genghis Khan

The greatest of all heroes is One--whom we do not name here! Let sacred silence meditate that sacred matter; you will find it the…

— Thomas Carlyle

Man's proper stature is not one of mediocrity, failure, frustration, or defeat, but one of achievement, strength, and nobility. In short, man can and…

— Mike Mentzer