Being A Hero Quotes - Page 2

• A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

  E. W. Howe

  War, Food, Hero

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• The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Inspiring, Sports, Memorial Day

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• A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Love, Inspirational, Motivational

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• The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

  Umberto Eco

  Sports, Dream, Real

  Umberto Eco (2014). “Travels in Hyperreality”, p.133, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.

  Charles Horton Cooley

  Sports, Hero, Past

  Charles Horton Cooley (1992). “Human Nature and the Social Order”, p.314, Transaction Publishers

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• This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

  Will Rogers

  Hero, Knows, Dies

  Will Rogers, Bryan B. Sterling (1995). “Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)”, M Evans & Company

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• Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.

  Ricky Martin

  Teacher, Hero, Helping Others

  "Ricky Martin giving a voice to exploited children". "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute" with Anderson Cooper, www.cnn.com. November 16, 2010.

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• We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.

  Will Rogers

  Inspirational, Motivational, Hero

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• One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being.

  May Sarton

  Courage, Hero, Thinking

  May Sarton (2014). “Journal of a Solitude”, p.72, Open Road Media

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• The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

  Washington Irving

  Sports, Hero, Idols

  Washington Irving (2006). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories From the Sketch Book”, p.144, Penguin

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• Children demand that their heroes should be freckle less, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary shock to a passionate child than the threatened downfall of habitual beliefs which makes the world seem to totter for us in maturer life.

  George Eliot

  Children, Hero, Believe

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• Being a hero doesn't mean you succeed in saving the day. It just means you tried.

  James Marsters

  Hero, Mean, Saving

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• Many of my movies have strong female leads - brave, self-sufficient girls that don't think twice about fighting for what they believe in with all their heart. They'll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a savior. Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.

  Hayao Miyazaki

  Girl, Strong, Believe

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• You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.

  Mickey Mantle

  Hero, Long, Waiting

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• ...where's the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it?

  China Mieville

  Hero, Skills, Destined

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• As I see it, part of the art of being a hero is knowing when you don't need to be one anymore.

  Alan Moore

  Art, Hero, Knowing

  Alan Moore, John Higgins (2005). “Watchmen”, Dc Comics

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• Heroes come in all sizes, and you don't have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It's just as important to understand that accepting self-responsibi lity for the things you do, having good manners, caring about other people-these are heroic acts. Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives.

  George Lucas

  Hero, Caring, Self

  "Of Myth And Men". Interview with Bill Moyers, content.time.com. April 18, 1999.

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• Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.

  Rick Riordan

  Hero, Mean, Brave

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• I want to give you something.” He slid the ring off his finger. “Up until this week, I’ve never wanted anything more in my life than to wear this ring. Not as a piece of jewelry, but because I thought I could find meaning in saving others, in being a hero. But the meaning I’ve finally found in my life is from meeting you.” He set the ring on the palm of his hand and held it out. “I want you to have it.

  Scott Speer

  Hero, Hands, Giving

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• He recalled Galloran stating that being a hero meant doing what was right regardless of the consequences. The thought sent a thrill through him. Galloran had been in this same situation and had made the right choice. Jason felt less alone. Malodor had claimed that his opponents had no heroes among them. But Galloran was proof to the contrary. And Jason would be evidence as well. p. 420

  Brandon Mull

  Hero, Choices, Jason

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• Maybe this was one of those times when being a hero didn’t involve looking particularly brave. It was just doing what you should.

  Lev Grossman

  Hero, Brave, Should

  Lev Grossman (2015). “The Magicians Trilogy”, p.560, Penguin

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• The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things...Things must happen when it is time for them to happen.

  Peter S. Beagle

  Patience, Lying, Hero

  "The Last Unicorn". Book by Peter S. Beagle, 1968.

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• I have a problem with being a hero, but that's another problem.

  Marina Abramovic

  Hero, Problem

  Source: www.indiewire.com

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• Rohan, if being a hero is having the courage to resist using power arbitrarily, then you are a hero, beloved.

  Melanie

  Hero, Rohan, Beloved

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• You have to be very cautious about what you are doing for charity and things like that. I think you have to start with your life. I think that's what life is expecting you to do. In your family, in your surroundings, in your work life, in the people you're with, your relationships; how you behave and doing what you need to accomplish. That for me is being a hero every day of your life.

  Juliette Binoche

  Hero, Thinking, People

  "Juliette Binoche in Ann Arbor starring in 'Antigone'". Interview with John Monaghan, www.usatoday.com. October 12, 2015.

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