Browsing Topic Best Hero Quotes

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

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

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 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.

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

The reason so many people misunderstand so many issues is not that these issues are so complex, but that people do not want a factual or analytical explanation that leaves them emotionally unsatisfied. They want villains to hate and heroes to cheer – and they don’t want explanations that do not give them that.

Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark in the hopeless swamps of the not-quite, the not-yet, and the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish in lonely frustration for the life you deserved and have never been able to reach. The world you desire can be won. It exists.. it is real.. it is possible.. it’s yours.

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

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

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

People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.

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

Courage is more exhilarating than fear, and in the long run, it is easier.

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

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

It is surmounting difficulties that makes 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.

Furthermore, we have not even to risk the adventure alone; for the heroes of all time have gone before us; the labyrinth is thoroughly known; we have only to follow the thread of the hero-path. And where we had thought to find an abomination, we shall find a god; where we had thought to slay another, we shall slay ourselves; where we had thought to travel outward, we shall come to the center of our own existence; and where we had thought to be alone, we shall be with all the world.

The point is, not how long you live, but how nobly you live.

We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.

If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly. But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being heroes.

The fear of God makes a hero; the fear of man makes a coward.

The Bible NEVER flatters its heroes. It tells us the truth about each one of them in order that against the background of human breakdown and failure we may magnify the grace of God and recognize that it is the delight of the Spirit of God to work upon the platform of human impossibilities.

The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It’s the same thing, fear, but it’s what you do with it that matters.

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

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.

The hero is he who is immovably centered.

The real hero is always a hero by mistake.

My heroes have always been the hardworking and unflappable. Those who light a candle rather than curse the darkness.

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.

Alzheimer’s caregivers are heroes.

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.

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