Common Quote by William James

Mankind's common instinct for reality has always held the world to be essentially a theatre for heroism. In heroism, we feel, life's supreme mystery…

— William James

There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.

— Romain Rolland

In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of…

— John Rhys-Davies

tragedy in the theater opens our eyes so that we can discover and appreciate the heroic in reality.

— Jose Ortega y Gasset

... many persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.

— Max Ehrmann

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

— Nancy Gibbs

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

— Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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

Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.

— James Geary

The lives of truest heroism are those in which there are no great deeds to look back upon. It is the little things well…

— Theodore Roosevelt

The essence of acting is seeing the world from another point of view. That's what acting is.

— Sydney Pollack