"The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow."

Heroism, Heroes, Imitation, Present, Will

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"Not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo,The hundred & fifty are dumb yet at Alamo."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"The true hero trains himself in silence."

Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann, British Musician

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"And so the Wolf of the West rose from the stone! And so he will rise again if ever the folk of the Six Duchies call to him in need."

Robin Hobb, American Author

Heroism, Myth, Legacy, Action

"I stare at him, trying to comprehend what he's done. He saved Magiano from falling overboard. He saved me. He is taking this mission seriously, however much he loathes us."Maybe next time, he says to me with that smile, "you won't be so lucky."

Marie Lu, American Author

Heroism, Action, Risk, Gratitude

"A hero is a person who, without a second thought, simply does the right thing because his conscience cannot live with any other choice."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Heroism, Identity, Life, Death

"Like all real heroes, Charley had a fatal flaw. He refused to believe that he had gonorrhea, whereas the truth was that he did."

Kurt Vonnegut, American Author

Heroism, Denial, Truth, Health

"Heroic ambition seemed to have been the cause of much of the world's pain then - quite like it is now. No villain ever saw himself a villain: he only saw himself a hero, and this goes just as no hero ever saw himself a hero: he simply did what he had to do. No true hero initially sets out with intentions of being deemed a hero."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Heroism, Truth, Power, Inspirational, Wisdom

"He did what heroes do after their work is accomplished, he died."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist

Heroism, Death, Legacy, Bravery

"There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Heroism, Rank, Values, Achievement

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"Not one escaped to tell the fall of Alamo,The hundred & fifty are dumb yet at Alamo."

"The true hero trains himself in silence."

"And so the Wolf of the West rose from the stone! And so he will rise again if ever the folk of the Six Duchies call to him in need."

"I stare at him, trying to comprehend what he's done. He saved Magiano from falling overboard. He saved me. He is taking this mission seriously, however much he loathes us."Maybe next time, he says to me with that smile, "you won't be so lucky."

"A hero is a person who, without a second thought, simply does the right thing because his conscience cannot live with any other choice."

"But I am the real Strider, fortunately. I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will."

"Like all real heroes, Charley had a fatal flaw. He refused to believe that he had gonorrhea, whereas the truth was that he did."

"He did what heroes do after their work is accomplished, he died."

"There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes."

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"This morning of the small snow I count the blessings, the leak in the faucet which makes of the sink time, the drop of the water on water."

"I defer to all these other American poets who, for some reason, I both envy and admire."

"I sound like Homer. I mean Winslow Homer."

"You can read everybody. It's not even interesting to tell the truth because to some extent it's false."

"I'm trying to climb up both walls at once."

"There is a grace of life which is still yours, my dear Europe."

"I don't live for poetry. I live far more than anybody else does."

"Forgive me if I sleep until I wake up."

"We all want what's been suddenly disallowed."

"I am happy to have some friends here in the kitchen."