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Quotes About Heroism

War spares not the brave, but the cowardly.
~ Anacreon
Armenia is dying, but it will survive. The little blood that is left is precious blood that will give birth to a heroic generation. A nation that does not want to die, does not die. April 9, 1916 Sorbonne
~ Anatole France
Odiar es querer sin amar. Querer es luchar por aquello que se desea y odiar es no poder alcanzar por lo que se lucha. Amar es desear todo, luchar por todo, y aún así, seguir con el heroísmo de continuar amando.
~ Andrés Caicedo
'Captain Marvel,' whereby the steel trap is challenged, where the hero is a heroine, where the most powerful person who has the welfare of the future of the human race is a woman. What else can it be? Because that was the role of my mother when I was a kid.
~ John Kani
While Muslim men describe themselves as insecure in their harems, real or imagined, Westerners describe themselves as self-assured heroes with no fears of women. The tragic dimension so present in Muslim harems - fear of women and male self-doubt - is missing in the Western harem.
~ Fatema Mernissi
The Government wants to give young people from every community the chance to learn about the heroism and sacrifice of our great-grandparents, which is why we are organising visits to the battlefields of the Western Front.
~ Michael Gove
If I play at Wembley and score I will be a hero, but I am still normal Troy, making mistakes and trying to learn and improve on a day-to-day basis.
~ Troy Deeney
I have such a deeper respect for firemen knowing how much they get paid and how much they put themselves on the line.
~ Karamo Brown
I was going to be a surgeon at one point, and I remember being taught that the surgical heroes aren't the ones that can staunch the bleeding; what you want is the surgeon that doesn't cause any bleeding in the first place.
~ Norman Swan
Superman is precisely what we should be teaching our children. Superman inspires us to our best.
~ Greg Rucka
Do you think Jill's being held there?" Eddie asked, eyes aglow. I could already tell he was envisioning himself rescuing her from some tall tower, possibly battling a dragon or a robot dinosaur in the process.
~ Richelle Mead
Allen left the academy, graduated from Catholic University, and took a commission in 1912. Wounded at Saint-Mihiel in 1918 and carried from the field on a stretcher, he regained consciousness, ripped off the first-aid tag, and dashed back to rally his men. The next bullet drilled him through the jaw, right to left, but not before he had broken his fist on a German machine-gunner's head.
~ Rick Atkinson
When he was eventually invalided out of Hong Kong and back to London, Pawson had expected a hero's return. Instead he'd been comprehensively debriefed, reprimanded for his stupidity in falling into Japanese hands and subjected to a barrage of gripes about the length of his convalescence at such an inopportune time. There had been no mention at all of his bravery in the face of torture. It had been a harsh lesson, but one well worth learning.
~ Ritchie Perry
It's not that heroes have no fear; it's just that they understand what it takes, to get the job done!!
~ Robert Armstrong
What makes the hero truly great is never, never to despair.
~ Robert Burns
Muestra heroísmo para conseguir carisma de por vida. A la inversa, el menor signo de cobardía o timidez arruinará el carisma que tengas.
~ Robert Greene
he possessed for attractive form of courage: bravery of a nervous man. After all, any rash fool can be a hero if he sets no value on his life or hasn't the wit to appreciate the danger. But to understand the risks, perhaps even to flinch at first, but then summon the strength to face them down--that is my opinion is the most commendable for of value...
~ Robert Harris
Mat snorted. "I don't want to be any bloody hero.
~ Robert Jordan
He let them be heroes.
~ Robert Jordan
Qué sentís respecto a vuestro destino profetizado? He de saberlo, si tengo que componer esa oda heroica. —¿Que qué siento? (...) Cansancio. Me siento cansado.
~ Robert Jordan
Inside every soldier is a hero. It is the leader's job to bring out that hero that lives in each of
~ Robert T. Kiyosaki
It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?
~ L.M. Montgomery
It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?
~ L.M. Montgomery
Oh, I wish we had the old days back again, exclaimed Jem. I'd love to be a soldier—a great, triumphant general. I'd give EVERYTHING to see a big battle. Well
~ L.M. Montgomery