Quotes About Heroism

One cannot demand that anybody be a hero, though one can hope for it.

We may think of ourselves as static anti-heroes, but in reality we're dynamic protagonists just waiting for our courage to kick in.

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

I saved a girl from being attacked last night. I controlled myself.

Heroism doesn't pay very well. I try to be cold-blooded and money-oriented, but I keep screwing it up.

...he didn't know when he was going to get the chance to play WoW again. And it was damn important to do his bit to save all life on Azeroth while he could.

I'm just an everyday kind of hero. If the everyday kind saves babies from burning buildings and looks hotter than hell in bunker gear.

Yes, Father. They have the bravest hearts, the noblest souls, and the shiniest armor in all the world.""Shiniest armor?" repeated King Ban.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

We can all be heroes in our virtues, in our homes, in our lives.

The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama, competition, camaraderie & heroism

Do not let the hero in your soul perish.

People who go to work every day, make sacrifices to raise families, and get through life without hurting other people if they can help it-those are the real heros.

Day, the champion of the people, the one who can't bear to see those around him suffer on his behalf, who would gladly give his life for those he loves.

I guess a little bit hero is enough. A little bit hero is all anyone really needs to be.

Inconvienience pushes one into heroic action...

Being afraid, being uncertain you'll succeed, but going ahead anyway— that's what makes a hero, Berhanu.

He did bad things. Even though he thought he was the hero.

Indiana Jones is very much an old-world kind of hero. He doesn't really have any kind of superpower or rely on any kind of technology to help him out of things.

Bonhoeffer said it's not about hero worship, but intimacy with God.

The epic poet is all taken up with what he called klea andron, "glorious deeds of men," of individual heroes; and what these heroes themselves ardently long and pray for is just this glory, this personal distinction, this deathless fame for their great deeds.

what makes and ordinary person heroic is when they give up the thing they want most

Robin Hood might not have existed. Maybe there never was a band of Merry Men waiting in Sherwood Forest for King Richard's return. But I'd like to think it happened. We've seen him in other times and places. Some people still stand up for what's right, some people do protect the helpless, some people fight for justice – and that's what makes the story of Robin Hood true.