Best Hero Quotes

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.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

We shouldn’t be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

Too many children in foster care are falling through cracks. Be a hero, take the time learn about adoption today.

We relish news of our heroes, forgetting that we are extraordinary to somebody too.

True power is living the realization that you are your own healer, hero and leader.

Owls are wise. They are careful and patient. Wisdom precludes boldness. That is why owls make poor heroes.

Like a lot of people, I had this naive hope that Barack Obama would fix everything quickly. You know, the culture of celebrity in this country leads us away from democratic ways of thinking and into this hero worship.

And so of course, one man cannot swoop in and fix everything on his own. It’s much more complicated and difficult than that, and progressives in this country since then have had to come to terms with the fact that we need to do more than actually get out of our house and vote. It’s an ongoing process to turn the tide.

Alzheimer’s caregivers are heroes.

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

Real heroes are others, those who have suffered in their soul, in their heart, in their spirit, in their mind, for their loved ones. Those are the real heroes. I’m just a cyclist.

Women can’t be afraid to look like action heroes. It’s not always pretty, but when it’s on the screen, it translates well to the audience.

The sun, the hero of every day, the impersonal old man that beams as brightly on death as on birth, came up every morning.

God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.

The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media.

When heroes fall from the sky, many more will learn to fly.

Linda Hamilton is my hero. She was so tough and so strong and so vulnerable at the same time. I think that’s what woman action figures are allowed to be: vulnerable, in a way that women are.

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

They tell you to be careful because maybe you don’t want to meet your heroes. I’ve met pretty much every one, and I’ve never been let down.

Personally, I think Julian Assange is a hero.

A hero is someone who rebels, or seems to rebel, against the facts of existence and seems to conquer them, but obviously that can work at moments.

Thus we try to keep our heroes alive; hence we remember them.

The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.

This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.

Well, I don’t play heroes obviously. I never played the guy who gets the girl. It might be interesting to do a part where I was a father in a functional family.

The creative person is overpowered, captive of and driven by a demon… They become our legendary heroes.

A wicked Hero will turn his back to an innocent coward.

Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies.

Everybody is special. Everybody. Everybody is a hero, a lover, a fool, a villain. Everybody. Everybody has their story to tell.

We don’t need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling.

If I can sell tickets to my movies like Red Sonja or Last Action Hero, you know I can sell just about anything.

I think it’s doubly important, now that we see so many people failing. When the norm is an anti-hero, there’s a serious loss when you cannot portray a decent person on screen without it becoming slightly sentimental or feeling like it’s unrealistic.