Quotes About Heroism

The Fairy Queen has sent you to do brave deeds in this world. That High City that you see is in another world. Before you climb the path to it and hang your shield on its wall, go down into the valley and fight the dragon that you were sent to fight.

When leaders take back power, when they act as heroes and saviors, they end up exhausted, overwhelmed, and deeply stressed.

it would seem that whoever did write this book knows you very well. You appear in it, sir. As...as the hero.

Stiu ca oamenii mor. Stiu ca atunci cand oamenii mor, cei care raman in urma lor intotdeauna se gandesc ca s-a intamplat ceva nebunesc, fiindca moartea prin natura ei, pare o nebunie . Asta se datoreaza in parte modului in cae omaniii au privit mereu moartea, de parca e ceva oarecum special, de parca fiecare persoana care moare e un erou . Vream sa murim spectaculos, nu doar sa '' pierim '' .

Nobody who says, 'I told you so' has ever been, or will ever be, a hero.

let geese Gabble and hiss, but heroes seek release From dusty bondage into luminous air.

Be the hero you've always wanted to be and just believe in yourself.

When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so 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.

La búsqueda de uno mismo, de quien se es en realidad, es siempre un acto de heroicidad que implica aprender a superarse a sí mismo una y otra vez, para poco a poco ir expandiendo los límites de la propia identidad.

Shit, he's been in Rescue off and on since Korea. Got more saves than Billy Graham.

When Gonzalez and Canley were close enough to the machine gun they called for suppressing fire and then stood and hurled grenades. At the blast, they charged, firing their rifles on automatic, silencing the gun.

Why do I always have to be the hero?

The main thing we can learn from The Lord of the Rings is that we who are in a position to save the world (by which I mean all of us) do so primarily to save our friends.

A lot of people hate heroes. I was criticized for portraying people who are brave, honest, loving, intelligent. That was called weak and sentimental. People who dismiss all real emotion as sentimentality are cowards. They're afraid to commit themselves, and so they remain 'cool' for the rest of their lives, until they're dead—then they're really cool.

You can't be the hero all the time, Pino." "If you say so." "I do say so. You can't carry the world's problems on your back. You have to find some happiness in your life, and just do your best with the rest.

Well, someone slap my butt and give me a hero cookie. (Nick)

If your goal is to produce firefighters and rescue workers, you have to produce people willing to enter burning buildings.

Explore your mind, discover yourself, then give the best that is in you to your age and to your world. There are heroic possibilities waiting to be discovered in every person.

A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests.

It wasn't until we got over the self pity that we were able to accept suffering as apart of our life with Christ. A man or woman reaches this plane only when he or she ceases to be the hero.

All those stories of Roman valour, heroism and self-sacrifice that he must have heard – told and retold around military campfires or at dinner tables – were not simply for amusement, he concluded. Their function was to encourage the young to imitate the gallant deeds of their ancestors; they were one aspect of the spirit of emulation, ambition and competition that he saw running right through Roman elite society.

In this world no one rules by love; if you are but amiable, you are no hero; to be powerful, you must be strong, and to have dominion you must have a genius for organizing.

I told you before--you mustn't let Edward scare you. He's a bully and a coward. What would Frank Merriwell do if he were you?" Frank Merriwell--I was thoroughly sick of hearing that name.

It doesn't always take an army to save the world. Sometimes it takes just one person who won't let evil win.