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Heroism Quotes


"Heroes are higher than their vulnerability that is why they are heroes."


"No one could ever meet death for his country without the hope of immortality."


"Today is my last day as a human, tomorrow I am going to be a hero."


"Sometimes a hero is unbelievably good for so many but terribly bad for someone else."


"One thing I'd realized in the last year was that there were some things no one could give you permission to do. All the same, it didn't mean you couldn't or shouldn't do them- particularly when it came to the big things, like saving the world, or journeying to a supernatural seam between realities, or bringing your boyfriend back from the dead."


"Why?" I asked. He knew what I meant, and shrugged. "Because when the legends get written, I didn't want to be remembered for standing on the sidelines. I want my future offspring to know that I was there, and that I fought against her at the end, even if I couldn't do anything useful." I blinked, this time not at the brightness of the sun. "Because," he went on, his eyes locked with mine, "I didn't want you to fight alone. Or die alone."


"Heroes are hero no matter if everybody is watching them or nobody watching them."


"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."


"The true hero trains himself in silence."


"Don't dare try to be heroes."


"Hero' is not an official status or designation, but if the world recognize you as a hero, it is the highest honor you will ever receive."


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


"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."



"Colon has always thought that heroes had some special kind of clockwork that made them go out and die famously for god, country and apple pie, or whatever particular delicacy their mother made. It had never occurred to him that they might do it because they'd get yelled at if they didn't."


"You might hate a successful person, but you can not hate a true hero."


"A young hero is the world's greatest attraction."


"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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