Quotes About Heroism

A truley heroic way of life lies in squarely confronting and courageously overcoming the pounding vicissitudes that life always throws in our paths

To be really great in little things, to be truly noble and heroic in the insipid details of everyday life, is a virtue so rare as to be worthy of canonization.

Wonder Woman left Paradise Island to fight fascism with feminism.

Não falava isto por modéstia, que nem sequer considerava uma virtude respeitável, mas por honestidade e porque queria que vissem que não existem homens especiais e que o herói pode ser qualquer um, a depender de onde esteja, do que faça e de como o que faz é interpretado pelos outros.

Heroes didn't leap tall buildings or stop bullets with an outstretched hand; they didn't wear boots and capes. They bled, and they bruised, and their superpowers were as simple as listening, or loving. Heroes were ordinary people who knew that even if their own lives were impossibly knotted, they could untangle someone else's. And maybe that one act could lead someone to rescue you right back.

Fools boast of what they will do. Heroes do it.

They are honourable and precious to me, these books, in proportion to their great heroism. They are like members of a suicide squad who do not hesitate to engage the enormously superior enemy, life, upon my behalf.

Americans admire success. Englishmen admire heroic failure

worshiping heroism, as typically defined, works against the idea that the lives of more common people count and hold lessons for us as well.

Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.

I cruised into this war thinking my buddy's going to take a bullet, and I'm going to be the fucking hero pulling him out of harm's way. Instead, I end up pulling out this little girl we shot, hiding in the backseat of her dad's car.

There were no more wise men; there were no more heroes;

Así se manipula a un hombre y se fabrica un héroe.

Una cosa es el heroísmo y otra cosa el suicidio por inanición

I am a fan of wuxia.

Sohan Singh Bhakna, Gurdit Singh, Teja Singh Sutantar, Banta Singh Sanghwal... they are my fathers. Those who gave their lives for freedom are my fathers.

When I do become the champion, I'll still be a fire fighter.

For me, only freedom fighters like Kartar Singh Sarabha and Bhagat Singh are my fathers.

Yeah, like '300,' I've probably watched it 300 times. It's one of my favourite films. I've just finished watching 'Spartacus,' another great series. I relate a lot to those kind of films. I think most fighters should relate to those films. It just seems natural. I am Spartacus, I am Leonidas, I am the lead role in those films.

You know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is.

I love what I do, both aspects - fighting and being a firefighter and paramedic.

I'll always be a firefighter, no matter what.

I would not want to be a firefighter.

Our firefighters are our last line of defense, baby.