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"I have never accepted what many people have kindly said namely that I have inspired the nation. It was the nation and the race dwelling all around the globe that had the lion heart. I had the luck to be called upon to give the roar."
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"There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes."
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"People love super heroes. It's true we're impressed by their bravery and fortitude, their supernatural gifts and physical brawn. But the fact is, villains possess these same qualities. So why our admiration for the hero and not the nemesis? Because of virtue. A super hero gives everything to defend what's good and right without seeking praise or reward. Think about it. All the great heroes give without taking, help without grumbling, sacrifice without asking recompense. A super hero's real strength, what we absolutely fall in love with, is his finer virtue."
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"In my opinion, actual heroism, like actual love, is a messy, painful, vulnerable business-and I wanted to try to reflect that."
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"The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, validation, temptation, or vengeance would have them strike with truthful, hurtful words."
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"You have worked too long in the life, now its time for heroism."
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"Heroes are the most wanted and most needed people in the world."
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"I'm just a kid, Chiron," I said miserably. "What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos?"Chiron managed a smile. '"What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War."
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"Sometimes a hero is unbelievably good for so many but terribly bad for someone else."
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"In the men I love heroes, in the work I love heroism."
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"A hero: a man or woman who is unsatisfied by his condition, and resolves to do something about it."
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"The price of greatness is responsibility."
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"Really I feel less keen about the Army every day. I think the Church would suit me better."
Identity

"I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place."
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"If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law."
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"I have never developed indigestion from eating my words."
Humor

"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
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"All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope."
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"Eating words has never given me indigestion."
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"It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time."
Destiny

"It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."
Success
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