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Quotes About Hero

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Hero is not fed on sweets Daily his own heart he eats
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
But no man's a hero to himself.
~ Ray Bradbury
no man's a hero to himself.
~ Ray Bradbury
But no man's a hero to himself
~ Ray Bradbury
The achievement of the hero is one that he is ready for, and it's really a manifestation of his character. And it's amusing, the way in which the landscape and the conditions of the environment match the readiness of the hero. The adventure that he's ready for is the one that he gets.
~ Joseph Campbell
The public hero is sensitive to the needs of his time.
~ Joseph Campbell
Napoleon's historian Thiers, like other of his historians, trying to justify his hero says that he was drawn to the walls of Moscow against his will. He is as right as other historians who look for the explanation of historic events in the will of one man; he is as right as the Russian historians who maintain that Napoleon was drawn to Moscow by the skill of
~ Joseph Conrad
I'm a regular supra man
~ Joseph Heller
As far as his contemporaries were concerned, there was no question about his stature in American history. In the extravaganza of mourning that occurred in more than four hundred towns and hamlets throughout the land, he was described as the only indisputable hero of the age, the one and only "His Excellency.
~ Joseph J. Ellis
last words) Don't worry, Captain Hammer will save us.
~ Joss Whedon
A hero can be fool, he's still a hero.
~ Joyce Carol Oates
Perhaps, The man-hero is not the exceptional monster, But he that of repetition is most master.
~ Wallace Stevens
For my part, I love to give myself up to the illusion of poetry. A hero of fiction that never existed is just as valuable to me as a hero of history that existed a thousand years ago.
~ Washington Irving
Chi conquista un migliaio dei soliti cuori ha diritto a qualche fama, ma chi sa rimaner assoluto padrone del cuore di una civetta è veramente un eroe.
~ Washington Irving
Honor isn't about other people, it's about what you want to be," Louise said. "A hero does the good and noble thing. The villain allows fear or envy or selfishness to let him ignore what is right.
~ Wen Spencer
Robin Hood was also a terrorist ? but he had some style and a little class.
~ Wilbur Smith
In the unlikely event of this book being made into a film, System 2 would be a supporting character who believes herself to be the hero.
~ Daniel Kahneman
Most importantly, of course, we all care intensely for the narrative of our own life and very much want it to be a good story, with a decent hero.
~ Daniel Kahneman
Most important, of course, we all care intensely for the narrative of our own life and very much want it to be a good story, with a decent hero.
~ Daniel Kahneman
We all care intensely for the narrative of our own life and very much want it to be a good story, with a decent hero.
~ Daniel Kahneman
Historian Daniel Boorstin once noted a shift in American values that had replaced the classic hero with the celebrity. "The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image. . . . The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media." He added, darkly: "The very agency which first makes the celebrity in the long run inevitably destroys him. He will be destroyed, as he was made, by publicity.
~ Daniel Mark Epstein
To be alive today is to have a story to tell. To be alive is precisely to be the hero, the center of a life story. When you can be nothing more than a minor character in somebody else's tale, it means that you are truly dead.
~ Daniel Mendelsohn
Fiz as perguntas erradas, não perguntas para formação de heróis, mas sim sobre como poderia ser o herói.
~ Dave Ferguson