Quotes About Heroism

My dad was a big admirer of Sergeant York stories from the First World War.

May be you find out I could be useful getting people out of camps and prisons in Germany - just before they got shot. I should love to do it and I like to jump out of a plane even every day.

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived.

One day my grandson said to me, grandpa were you a hero in the war? And i said to him no I'm not a hero, but I have served in a company full of them.

The atrocities of war are only overshadowed by the heroism of their dead.

What a tale he's told, what a bitter bowl of war he's drunk to the dregs.

…If one who slays one is a murderer then he who slays a thousand is not a hero, ' said Lalu.- Pg. #112, Across the Black Waters.

He did what heroes do after their work is accomplished

Examine thus yourself from every side. Note harmful thoughts and every futile striving. Thus it is that heroes in the bodhisattva path Apply the remedies to keep a steady mind.

Self trust is the essence of heroism.

Oh, but he thinks he can save the world by slaying a dragon! With the help of a magic spell!' 'And he must think that. If he ever stops thinking it, it will cease to be true.

Neither fear nor courage saves us. Unnatural vicesAre fathered by our heroism. VirtuesAre forced upon us by our impudent crimes.These tears are shaken from the wrath-bearing tree.

Not everyone can stand up and be a hero, Princess. Some prefer to surrender to the inevitable and salve their consciences with the gift of survival.

It took him forever to get to downtown Vancouver although Tony had to admit that saving the world by public transportation was a particularly Canadian way to do things.

views on Hector v. Achilles and cannot agree. Hector is what man can strive to become; Achilles

When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.

I like portraying heroes of antiquity whose values were grander and more spectacular than those of today.

For me, one of the most beautiful and rewarding aspects of serial reality TV is that characters can move freely along a spectrum of heroism and villainy.

He can't have any friends and maintain his secret identity as Spider-Man. He can't even have a normal sex life. He's a national hero, yet he's a recluse. He's instantly recognized by the public, but he cant tell anyone who he is.

I grew up loving X-Men, Spider-Man and Batman.

The brave die never, though they sleep in dust: Their courage nerves a thousand living men.

Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue.

Many heroic exploits and chivalrous adventures are related to me which exist only in the regions of fancy. With me the world has taken great liberties, and yet I have been but a common man.

Great crises produce great men, and great deeds of courage.