Heroic Quotations

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.

I wasn't heroic because I was never in danger.

That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.

The news of the open military help to Franco from Hitler and Mussolini, and the heroic resistance of the people of Madrid, Barcelona and the big cities fired a widespread wish to help the Republic and its people.

Freedom requires no effort to enjoy but requires heroic efforts to preserve.

The most heroic word in all languages is revolution.

Let's face it: the present self is present. It's in control. It's in power right now. It has these strong, heroic arms that can lift doughnuts into your mouth. And the future self is not even around. It's off in the future. It's weak. It doesn't even have a lawyer present.

All my artistic response comes from American things, and I guess I've always had a weakness for heroic imagery.

The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.

Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous.

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

This, to me, is the ultimately heroic trait of ordinary people; they say no to the tyrant and they calmly take the consequences of this resistance.

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help.

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days.

To me, it feels like 'The Doctor' has to have a long coat, and that's something imprinted on me from childhood, because he always did. And there's something heroic in a flapping coat, but at the same time, I need to get rid of it sometimes and just be a scrawny guy in a suit that doesn't quite fit.

One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.

We don't relate to her too much because you don't want the heroic character to not be heroic.

My mother, as a girl, had remembered this woman from Maine, someone who was part of the extended family somehow, and I recall her talking about this great, risk-taking woman. There are the most amazing, heroic stories in everybody's lives.

You can't make accommodations in crucial situations and be heroic.

Self-pity, a dominant characteristic of sociopaths, is also the characteristic that differentiates heroic storytelling from psychological rumination. When you talk about your experiences to shed light, you may feel wrenching pain, grief, anger, or shame. Your audience may pity you, but not because you want them to.

I've always felt that the human-centered approach to computer science leads to more interesting, more exotic, more wild, and more heroic adventures than the machine-supremacy approach, where information is the highest goal.

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece.

There's an idea of the Plains as the middle of nowhere, something to be contemptuous of. But it's really a heroic place.

We don't tend to write about disease in fiction - not just teen novels but all American novels - because it doesn't fit in with our idea of the heroic romantic epic. There is room only for sacrifice, heroism, war, politics and family struggle.

People try to typecast astronauts as heroic and superhuman. We're only human beings.

Believe me, 'tis a godlike thing to lend; to owe is a heroic virtue.

In the pain, the agony, and the heroic endeavors of life, we pass through a refiner's fire, and the insignificant and the unimportant in our lives can melt away like dross and make our faith bright, intact, and strong.

I think for some reason we're conditioned in movies that the protagonist must be heroic or redeemable in some way, whereas in theater, that's not a necessary.

People have their complexities. They have their heroic moments and their villainous moments, too.

Playing big, heroic characters with heart is always a lot of fun. I enjoy making movies like that, and a lot of people love to live vicariously through those characters.

I have the greatest respect for single parents who struggle and sacrifice, trying against almost superhuman odds to hold the family together. They should be honored and helped in their heroic efforts. But any mother's or father's task is much easier where there are two functioning parents in the home.

If we cannot come together to pause, to respect our dead and the heroic lives of meaning they led, then ours is truly a civilization lost.

We believe that business is good because it creates value. It is ethical because it is based on voluntary exchange; it is noble because it can elevate our existence, and it is heroic because it lifts people out of poverty and creates prosperity.

Through extensive disaster and business resumption planning and heroic efforts by corporate and local employees, we managed to sustain the highest levels of customer service in the aftermath of the hurricane and to achieve a full recovery of operations in record time.

What the writers do, and we hopefully can bring to life, is that they present characters who, on the surface, aren't always heroic and their acts aren't always devoid of selfishness.

Alfred Hitchcock, Isaac Newton, Elvis Presley, Captain Bligh, they're heroic or pathetic depending on which book you buy.

The Dance instills in you something that sets you apart. Something heroic and remote.

The real change is that for the first time we have three people in the leading parties ... and none have the reputation or the record of a heroic military general or a bloody ruthless fighter.

The heroic hours of life do not announce their presence by drum and trumpet.

Humanity needs heroic leadership from those who see all life as precious.

I was once invited to take part in a heroic, possibly fatal enterprise, but I declined, mainly on account of sloth.

The tragic sense of life: our heroic acceptance of the suffering of others.

People aren't universally heroic.

Let us perform heroic deeds by working together;

Nelson was a great hero. In the whole span of British history he still stands as one of the greatest. The legend reminds us of the great value of heroic leadership when a nation falls under fire and stress,

I didn't want readers to think I was asking to be praised for taking care of my wife while she was ill. Lots of people are heroic, more heroic than I was, when faced with the suffering of someone they love.

I don't feel like I'm setting out to do any heroic preservation. I just love this music ... I did songs that felt like home to me.

I am extremely proud to help highlight the contributions of women to our great nation throughout our history -- not just the heroines who blazed the trail before us, but also the women whose stories have yet to be told, who are holding families together, lifting up communities and performing heroic acts everyday across America,

I believe the people of the city of New York were selected as the people of the year, because of the very brave and heroic way in which they responded from the first moment to the worst attack on the United States ever in our history.

I am very concerned now that there are people trying to even old scores and undercut her as a heroic journalist.

I'm all about entertaining and keeping a reader on the edge of their seat, so to me, the social issues have to be meaningful and give the book what's really 'at stake,' but ultimately it's not about them - it's always a personal story of everyday people thrust into life-threatening situations and having to perform heroic acts.

He was the guy who by his heroic actions gave a morality and dignity to the American military effort.

Heroic stories and images motivate people. Our Everest ascent for the cause of peace will provide the world with inspirational stories, images and videos that portray courage, friendship and teamwork.

heroic levels of customer service, dependability, reliability, and giving people a lot of freedom to try different things that might work.

Heroic in scale and impact, the Super Chief was what concepts should be all about: 'blue sky' thinking combined with an unmistakable foundation in reality. Take a long look at that front end, pickup fans, because that's what the next generation of the F-150 is going to look like.

Heroic deeds, to use whatever dower/ Heaven has bestowed, to test our utmost power.

Hundreds of reporters, in all media, did heroic work on the Gulf Coast in the deadly storm's aftermath. None arguably was as financially and symbolically important to his company as the job turned in by Williams. It could solidify his spot as network news' top anchor.

He was a giant figure in American theater. Heroic is not a word one uses often without embarrassment to describe a writer or playwright, but the diligence and ferocity of effort behind the creation of his body of work is really an epic story.

He used his power to get it made with absolutely no compromises or concessions. He had hurt his back just before we started, and he was in terrible pain through much of the filming. It was a heroic effort on his part.

There are some very high tenor parts in really exposed places. It calls for heroic tenors.

I thought we got a heroic effort out of Peter and Newman, in particular -- they just willed themselves to the victory. And the other guys were pitching in and doing what they could do to get this done.

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.

I want you to know I'm no role model. I refuse to let anyone think I'm doing something heroic here, something great here. I'm not a victim. I'm not going to portray myself as a victim. I take full responsibility for this problem.

It is a way for us to recognize the heroic actions not only for those who died, but for those who still work on protecting all of us.

Our heroic staff cannot keep going much longer. We can't get our people out fast enough.

Playing football is obviously very strenuous. It's exhausting. You have to try very hard in football. But there's no heroic risk involved.

Part of that stretch where we were a mediocre hockey team was because we were getting mediocre goaltending. They weren't getting the big saves when we needed them. Sometimes you need those heroic saves to steal a game. Bernd and Drew are now giving us that consistently.

My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult - especially that question of how you find a balance.

Many enter this profession to do heroic things, make great diagnoses, do wonderful technical feats and save lives, ... But there is so much more.

I wish I had learned more about it in high school, but they didn't put it in the history books, ... I have great respect for the Navajo Code Talkers and their heroic acts.

I think my first understanding of the significance of Gibson's home run is the drama of what he did that day, as hurt as he was, that being his only at-bat. And if you saw him foul those pitches off and how gimpy he was, it was an incredibly heroic kind of at-bat, if you can use hero in sports,

The 1960s was a heroic age in the history of the art of communication - the audacious movers and shakers of those times bear no resemblance to the cast of characters in 'Mad Men.'

We had two men to choose from, and Neil Armstrong, reticent, soft-spoken, and heroic was our only choice. He had no ego. He was not of a mind that, 'Hey, I'm going to be the first man on the moon!' That was never what Neil had in his head.

We've got scenarios in which parents were making actual gut-wrenching decisions to hand their child up to the front of a line of transport to get them safe. Parents performed heroic acts to try and keep their children safe, sometimes to the detriment of their own safety.

Tho'/ We are not now that strength that in old days/ Moved earth and heaven: that which we are, we are;/ One equal temper of heroic hearts,/ Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will/ To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.

Thousands of missiles are fired against the heroic people of Iraq. But the heroic people of Iraq is more capable than all these weapons. And we'll defeat all these aggressors and we'll bury the new ... W. Bush junior in the desert of Iraq,

We haven't gotten enough documentation from the district to back up the things they've been saying about conditions. Before any heroic or extraordinary means come into play, we want to verify what the current status is.

We are looking for people saving the architectural legacy of the Coast, and by that we mean heroic efforts - brave people working to save their homes, businesses and churches before further elements destroy them. What they are doing is no easy task and we want to recognize them.

We recognize that pharmacists have done a heroic job in the first two weeks. We're working very hard to make sure that won't happen again.

There are arguments for further consolidation, but it would be a very heroic bidder that would pay this much.

The exhibition faithfully reflects the glorious path of the Chinese people's heroic fight against Japanese aggressors, ... They are vivid teaching materials for education in patriotism among the people, especially the young people.

Suicides aren't heroic in my opinion. And I don't think anybody ever really knows why somebody commits suicide.

Common sense in religion is rare, and we are too often trying to be heroic instead of just ordinarily good and kind.

Americans admire success. Englishmen admire heroic failure

It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals

There were no formerly heroic times, and there was no formerly pure generation. There is no one here but us chickens, and so it has always been.

Some forms of absolutism are not bad; they may even be heroic.

We knew Van Buren was going to give a heroic effort, and they played great. This is a great road win for us.

We wouldn't be surprised that some ISPs would be reluctant to accept this--part of the reason many have been proactive in blocking spam has been to avoid legislation, and they have made heroic efforts. The problem is, as long as there's not a level playing field, we will have ISPs that court spammers, and we all suffer.

We kind of forget because what television tends to do with these professions like lawyers and doctors and police officers, we create them on such a heroic level that you kind of forget that these are really people.

The passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93, ... recognizing the potential danger that the aircraft they were aboard posed to large numbers of innocent Americans, American institutions, and the symbols of American democracy, took heroic and noble action to ensure that the aircraft they were aboard could not be used as a weapon.

To me, he's a hero, ... He's not polite. He's not someone you want to take home to meet your mother, necessarily. This is a guy in search of truth. Incidentally, that truth one day could save your life or the life of someone you love. That's a heroic thing.

This was truly a heroic effort. They produced a historically quick rollout of a new major benefit program and surprised us all.

This was truly a heroic effort, ... They produced a historically quick rollout of a new major benefit program and surprised us all.

This was such a massive catastrophe. I don't know that anything could have been done differently. We had a lot of heroic people.

There are a lot great, heroic guys on that police force. There are a couple of rotten apples that need to be dealt with,

Everybody was trying to put me in action movies and heroic roles, and I wanted to find more complex things. They just didn't suit my taste, so I thought, 'OK, I have to be brave enough to say no.' And for a while, that hurt me immeasurably in the Hollywood world.

Emily Dickinson has haunted my life - her poems, her persona, all the tales about her solitude. Ever since I discovered her in the seventh grade, I've had a crush on that spinster in white, who had such a heroic and startling inner landscape of her own.

During these three months, the prime minister has to make a heroic attempt to complete the negotiations with the Palestinians ... and to initiate early elections.

Far from feeling in giving this testimony that I was doing harm to him, I was revealing to the court and the people around that this was the most redeeming moment of his life and probably the most heroic moment of his life,