Quotes About Heroism

Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism sparked the movement for freedom, justice and equality. Her greatest contribution is that she told us a regular person can make a difference.

the one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men." But

Tom's cowardice was as huge as his courage, as it must be in great men.

The paintings on the wall were largely preoccupied with the amazing heroism of large dogs faced with imperiled children. Nor water nor fire nor earthquake could do in a child so long as a big dog was available.

How pure he is, how unfit for a world that even she knew more about than he did. A dragon killer, he was, a rescuer of damsels, and his small sins seemed so great to him that he felt unfit and unseemly.

A dragon killer, he was, a rescuer of damsels, and his small sins seemed so great to him that he felt unfit and unseemly. She wished her father were here. Her father had felt greatness in Tom. Perhaps he would know now how to release it out of its darkness and let it fly free.

Die anderen Kaninchen hüpften herum und schrien Hurra und umarmten sich. He Duda, du bist ein Held!, riefen sie. Wie komisch, überlegte He Duda. Ich dachte, ich wäre ein Kaninchen.

Charlie is one of the big good guys in my universe.

If we must die, then let us die fighting a battle worthy of remembrance in the tales of our descendants!

Every hero is scared. That-s what being brave is about - confronting fear.

My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.

Yet while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all in thee.

I made 'Saving Private Ryan' for my father. He's the one who filled my head with war stories when I was growing up.

A true hero protects his identiy, not out of fear, but out of humility.

Courage is not the absence of fear...

No hero is above fear, Percy. And you have risen above every hero. - Poseidon

Some days it is a heroic act just to refuse the paralysis of fear and straighten up and step into another day.

True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh - over fear...Heroism is the dazzling and glorious concentration of courage.

Do one thing that's heroic for you today - big or small - and fear won't define you anymore.

I make dark dramas, movies about people living in desperate fear who then overcome that fear and find a heroic side to themselves.

Strength and resilience emerge by your own will to become a better person no matter what downfalls happen in your life...be your own hero.

Great knightly soul who came in time to serve his country's need.

You must bear losses like a soldier, the voice told me, bravely and without complaint, and just when the day seems lost, grab your shield for another stand, another thrust forward. That is the juncture that separates heroes from the merely strong.