Quotes About Heroism

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How could one man take praise, take the pats on the back and the medals and the bullshit, when so many of his friends were dying out there in the dark? Unrecognised, without praise, dying alone with their legs blown off or their guts spilling out over shrapnel? Bainbridge was a hero, but he was alive, and for some reason he held this against himself. The true heroes of the war were the men whose songs went unsung, whose lives were extinguished. The ones who died alone.

This lack of imagination gives his heroism to the hero.

Lack of imagination gives his heroism to the hero

And thanks to all those brave men and women who risk their lives every day while serving in our emergency services.

I mean, what is the point of being a damsel in distress if your knight goes off and just does his own thing?

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

There was a golden retriever who saved countless lives on September 11 by going back in to find people. His companion was in a wheelchair. He got him out and kept going back in to save others.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

I know what's good for me. I can't play black or gray. I can't be a villain or anything close to one. I have to play white.

It's not that I don't like starring as the hero, it's more of a mental block that prevents me from doing so.

I would have liked to have been a pro firefighter.

It is fun to explore these kick-butt characters.

I'm not a hero. The Hongkongers who confronted tear gas in the streets are the heroes.

Well, for me, my favourite 'Indiana Jones' is 'The Last Crusade,' because you get tears in your eyes when you see the old guard standing at the end, so that's my favourite one.

'Adventure Time' tells stories where anything can happen, but what happens is. It stars Finn, a boy who fights evil, and Jake, a dog with stretchy powers. Both of them can talk.

Many of the most heroic deeds of the war were performed by small, isolated groups of soldiers, unaware of the situation, without adequate equipment or support, who stood and battled it out with the Germans until overwhelmed.

To all those women -- strong enough to be heroes; fair enough to be ladies. This song is for you.

Kill the heroes and you kill the soul of a nation.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

If he was, in fact, God, he knew there was no such thing as death. He knew that what we called death was but the eternal opening of the golden gates of everlasting joy; and it took no heroism to face a death that was eternal life.

You are not a mere spectator at a contest between cancer cells and killer drugs. Your attitude is important. Your will to get healthy. People give up; sometimes it seems easier to die than hang in there, go the distance... You've got to be your own hero. People need to find things inside themselves they never knew were there.

I know that if everyone is a hero, then no one truly is. I concede the term is thrown around far too casually.