Quotes About Heroes

My heroes are just everyday people who work hard, are honest and have integrity.

I've found that the people who play villains are the nicest people in the world, and people who play heroes are jerks. It's like people who play villains work out all their problems on screen, and then they're just really wonderful people.

I never thought of London in terms of possible heroes - of course, there are thousands. It's a very talented city.

Thirty years ago, this promise, this allure of democracy, drove hundreds of thousands of people in East Germany onto the streets. What courage they showed! It was these brave people, these peaceful heroes and heroines, who brought the Wall tumbling down.

It was just the thrill of a lifetime. Brando and Hackman were two of my heroes.

In my stories, I controlled what happened in a way I couldn't in real life. My characters lived through the horror and degradation of the cruelty of others and they not only survived, they thrived. They gave me hope and laughter, and they kept me going in spite of everything else. They were my heroes.

Literature throws us many great heroes. Real life invariably outdoes them.

When we read stories of heroes, we identify with them. We take the journey with them. We see how the obstacles almost overcome them. We see how they grow as human beings or gain qualities or show great qualities of strength and courage and with them, we grow in some small way.

War, in some ways, is merciful to men. It makes them heroes if they are the victors. If they are the vanquished - they do not live to see their homes taken, their wives widowed. But if you are a woman - you must live through defeat...

Some men worship rank, some worship heroes, some worship power, some worship God, & over these ideals they dispute & cannot unite but they all worship money.

That's when Josh got the feeling that he was watching himself, too, almost like he was a character in a movie. But it wasn't the right kind of movie, and he wondered about that. How do you get to be in the kind of movie you want to be in? Everyone else appeared to be in really awesome movies, full of camaraderie and laughter. Funny moments and ice cream cones. Adventure and suspense. Heroes! How could a person get into one of those?

Everyone happy with the plan?' 'I'm not happy about any of this,' Zera said. Kreya one hundred percent agreed with that, as did they all. But they set about doing it anyways, because that was what heroes did.

Naelin resisted rolling her eyes. This was absurd. She was consorting with born-from-the-womb heroes. She wasn't worthy if this.

These are nonviolent people who have lost their freedom simply because they expressed their ideas….In truth, they are heroes of our time.

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes - ah, they have all the necessary leisure.

I think that teachers have the hardest job in the world, and they are the most unsung heroes so much of the time.

God is raising up His heroes and the time will come when they will appear and the world will wonder where they came from.

Regarding heroism, I grew up in a culture where you learn about heroes and heroines all the time. In a way, when you call someone a hero or heroine, it's the same as calling them a villain.

I hated this business of being grown-up. I hated having to make decisions where I didn't know what was behind the door. I wanted a world where heroes and villains were clearly labeled.

Harry Potter is one boy in a long line of mythical heroes who have reminded the human race that we are so much more than we think we are, so much more powerful than we seem to know. Jesus said that we would someday do even greater works than He; should we not take Him at His word? And should not 'someday' be today? It's time for us to start working miracles, if indeed we have the capacity within us to do so.

No tengo gran admiración por los mártires, señor Casement. Ni por los héroes. Esas gentes que se inmolan por la verdad o la justicia a menudo hacen más daño del que quieren remediar

We play the part of heroes because we're cowards, the part of saints because we're wicked: we play the killer's role because we're dying to murder our fellow man: we play at being because we're liars from the moment we're born. —JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

One or two individuals in times of crisis turn into Heroes, a handful into Villains, the rest into Fools.

The Bible must not be read as a job description for motivated, self-disciplined, devoutly religious people to be their own heroes and saviors of their souls. It must be read as the story of guilty sinners and self-righteous hypocrites, visited by a perfect God