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"There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes."
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"Gatekeepers will always try to stop you getting in. But as a true hero, you have to snatch victory from death's jaws."
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Personal Development

"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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Personal Development

"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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Personal Development

"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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"You marvel and applaud big heroes in their big heroic actions, and forget you are a hero in your humble life and have modest heroic actions to complete yourself."
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"Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes."
Heroism

"Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are."
Will

"Hungry man, reach for the book: it is a weapon."
Man

"Grub first, then ethics."
Pragmatism

"Poverty makes you sad as well as wise."
Poverty

"He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news."
News

"What a miserable thing life is: you're living in clover, only the clover isn't good enough."
Life

"You don't need to pray to God any more when there are storms in the sky, but you do have to be insured."
God

"No one will improve your lot if you do not yourself."
Will

"Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste."
Individuality
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