Quotes About Heroes

Mortals alone can change their destinies; heroes are measured by their willingness to do so.

As one reads Hegel one realizes how much inspiration Hitler, like Marx, drew from him, even if it was at second hand. Above all else, Hegel in his theory of "heroes," those great agents who are

Whenever any society dies there must be heroes whose fightback is to not change.

We are hunting the demons that haunt others. We get a smell and off we go. And you know why, Sunil? You know why we are so good at hunting the demons of others? Because we are so good, gifted even, at stalking and evading our own. But all demons hunters think that they are really heroes, and you know what all heroes need?

Since then I have searched for my heroes among small-t truths. I always find them among people learning the art of acceptance: not acceptance of defeat or acceptance of some inability to influence their own futures, but rather acceptance of life on the planet, acceptance of the grays rather than the black-and-whites, acceptance of the astonishing range of human emotion and human behavior.

They reminded Kyle of a Greek god and goddess straight out of the Percy Jackson books. "Wow," said Miguel. "Do you think Rick Riordan's going to be here? That would be so awesome!

We are merry people," added Hercules. "We rob from the rich and pour it on the floor." "No," said Robin. "We rob from the rich and give to the poor." Hercules nodded. "Right. Got it. Sorry.

Los héroes sacan oro de lo que tienen a mano en lugar de esperar a tener en la mano oportunidades de oro.

How societies often clash before seeing a common humanity in each oher... How earnest, well- intentioned heroes can often succumb to temptations of power... How failing to take responsability for mistakes of the past can lead to calamity in the present...

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

I long to accomplish a great and noble tasks, but it is my chief duty to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble. The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.

The world is moved along not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

Their brothers are their heroes, and if anything happens to William Saunders or Robert Young, Kenneth and Larry might blame everyone around them, because we're the citizens those men will have died for, and maybe they won't believe we were worth it. Are we? Have we ever been worth it, any of the times before?

These heroes of finance are like beads on a string when one slips off, all the rest follow.

The reason the story runs so much with the little girls are the actual heroes in the warfare is because under most circumstances women are braver than men ..

I would give all the wealth of the world, and all the deeds of all the heroes, for one true vision.

I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.

the twin concepts of nihilism and the antihero have had it. What began with The Wild One and James "nobody understands me" Dean, ran with increasing vehement negativism up through the Stones and Velvets and Iggy ... [I]t may be time, in spite of all indications to the contrary from the exterior society, to begin thinking in terms of heroes again, of love instead of hate, of energy instead of violence, of strength instead of cruelty, of action instead of reaction.

We can't all be heroes. Then who would the heroes fight? It's a matter of numbers really. Just work out the sums.

I think police officers are modern day heroes. I think they protect us.

I am convinced that in the upcoming chapter of the struggle, I can be more useful to the inevitable change that will soon come to Cuba, to Cuba's freedom, as a private citizen dedicated to helping the heroes within Cuba.

It's hard to describe how bloody awful music was, how desperately bad it was, how our 1960s heroes had become boring and useless. Not only were they bad - they were badly dressed.

Twitter brings you closer. I mean, we see this over and over again from our users. It brings them closer to the action. It brings them closer to their heroes.