Hero Quotes
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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Quote by -Ralph Waldo Emerson
Prince Charles is definitely my hero; he uses his position to do only good in this world.
Quote by -Vivienne Westwood
I've always felt heroic about my life... As a child, I remember little girls in the playground moaning about how boys could do more than they could. I didn't think that was the case at all. My parents didn't treat me as a girl.
Quote by -Vivienne Westwood
“A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. ”
Quote by -Plato
That’s not what an ad for a car is—an ad for a car is a football hero, an actress, the car doing some crazy thing like going up a mountain or something. If you’ve ever turned on your television set, you know that hundreds of millions of dollars are spent to try to create uninformed consumers who will make irrational choices—that’s what advertising is.”
Quote by -Noam Chomsky
“My heroes are and were my parents. I can’t see having anyone else as my heroes.”
Quote by -Michael Jordan
“I’ve seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don’t believe in heroism; I know it’s easy and I’ve learned it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.”
Quote by -Albert Camus
Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions." (Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)
Quote by -Anton Chekhov
“The world is not moved only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.”
Quote by -Helen de Keller
All actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes.
Quote by -Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"The hero surviving his own murder, his own suicide, his own addiction, surviving his own disappearance from the scene"
Quote by -Allen Ginsberg
As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and all those gangsters and Indians were just real people in costume.
Quote by -Orlando Bloom
I got to work with one of my heroes, Johnny Depp, and to see how he goes about business, which was really inspiring for me at this stage in my career.
Quote by -Orlando Bloom
Muddy Waters, I suppose, was my first great hero. You know, every boy wants to be a guitar player, and Muddy Waters was just the king. He was the King Bee. He was it.
Quote by -Hugh Laurie
"True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat."
Quote by -Napoleon Bonaparte
"My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them."
Quote by -Paul David Hewson
"How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?"
Quote by -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards."
Quote by -Jean-Jacques Rousseau
"We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits - and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful."
Quote by -Simone Weil
"We are like horses who hurt themselves as soon as they pull on their bits -- and we bow our heads. We even lose consciousness of the situation, we just submit. Any re-awakening of thought is then painful."
Quote by -Simone Weil
"A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around."
Quote by -Edgar Watson Howe
"As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary."
Quote by -Ernest Hemingway
“As we get older, you realize that the real heroes in our lives are often the closest people in your life. Be present and appreciative.”
Quote by -Vala Afshar
The one who has conquered himself is a far greater hero than he who has defeated a thousand times a thousand men.
Quote by -Buddha
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
Quote by -Gilbert K Chesterton
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.
Quote by -Norman Schwarzkopf
"It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle."
Quote by -Norman Schwarzkopf
The world is not composed of heroes and villains, but of men and women with all the passions that God has given them. The ignorant condemn, but the wise pity.
Quote by -Charlie Chaplin
It will never make any difference to a hero what the laws are. His greatness will shine and accomplish itself unto the end, whether they second him or not.
Quote by -Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death. ”
Quote by -Isabel Allende