Hero Quotes - Page 12

• Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens.

  Martha Gellhorn

  Government, Justice, Public Opinion

  Martha Gellhorn (2015). “The View From The Ground”, p.400, Granta Books

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• The lessons of the past suggest that racism and resentment against people of color will continue to flourish in America as long as the history that is taught transposes the heroes and the villains. That is the unspoken truth at the heart of the nation's racial divide.

  Susan L. Taylor

  Heart, Past, Color

  Susan L. Taylor (2010). “Lessons in Living”, p.159, Anchor

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• Most American heroes of the Revolutionary period are by now two men, the actual man and the romantic image. Some are even three men - the actual man, the image, and the debunked remains.

  Esther Forbes

  Men, Two, History

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• The call to adventure signifies that destiny has summoned the hero.

  Joseph Campbell

  Adventure, Destiny, Hero Journey

  Joseph Campbell (2008). “The Hero with a Thousand Faces”, p.48, New World Library

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• Rebels and dissidents challenge the complacent belief in a just world, and, as the theory would predict, they are usually denigrated for their efforts. While they are alive, they may be called 'cantankerous,' 'crazy,' 'hysterical,' 'uppity,' or 'duped.' Dead, some of them become saints and heroes, the sterling characters of history. It's a matter of proportion. One angry rebel is crazy, three is a conspiracy, 50 is a movement.

  Carol Tavris

  Crazy, Anger, Character

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• You are lucky in life if you have the right heroes. I advise all of you, to the extent you can, to pick out a few heroes

  Warren Buffett

  Lucky, Advise, Picks

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• The reason why I don't have a hero is because heroes set a bar - whereas if we don't have one, our potential is unlimited.

  Peter H. Reynolds

  Motivational, Bars, Reason Why

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• There are mythic patterns under all of our lives. Each one of us, often unbeknownst to ourselves, is engaged in a drama of soul that is not reserved only for gods, heroes, and saints. Story is one bridge between the human realm and the divine.

  Deena Metzger

  God, Drama, Bridges

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• This is the way we win over our enemies, not with bigger weapons, or faster ships, but with human courage, ingenuity, and sacrifice. Don't lose hope. We've faced the darkness before-it has nothing new to teach us. As we go about our lives, let us remember the example Dr. Navarro set for us. At the right time, anyone can be a hero.

  Ann Aguirre

  Sacrifice, Winning, Darkness

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• There's not a lesbian hero that everybody can relate to.

  Martin Firrell

  Relate

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• Without will, without individuals, there are no heroes. But neither are there villains. And the absence of villains is as prostrating, as soul-destroying, as the absence of heroes.

  Gertrude Himmelfarb

  Soul, Villain, Absence

  Gertrude Himmelfarb (1995). “On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society”, Vintage

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• The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones. Courage isn't fearlessness - it's acting in the face of fear.

  Tess Gerritsen

  Courage, Acting, World

  Tess Gerritsen, Julie Miller, Janie Crouch (2016). “Secrets Uncovered: A Romantic Suspense Collection: Never Say Die\Kansas City Cover-Up\Infiltration”, p.180, Harlequin

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• ... the real heroes of race and culture would always be the people who stepped out of their own line to make a larger circle.

  Naomi Shihab Nye

  Real, Race, Circles

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• People need heroes, in music and every aspect of life.

  Vittorio Grigolo

  People, Needs, Aspects Of Life

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• Imagine yourself acclaimed, a decorated national hero, an idol to millions of desperate people, then within six months, condemned to death by hanging.

  Joachim Peiper

  Idols, People, Six Months

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• I think people imagine that I have about five scripts sitting in front of me and I say, 'I think I'm going to go with the super hero thing and after that I'll wrap it up with some more sci-fi and then do a romantic comedy.' But it doesn't quite work out that way.

  Nathan Fillion

  Thinking, People, Work Out

  "Nathon Fillion talks about playing Steve Trevor in “Wonder Woman”". The CBR Interview, www.cbr.com. January 28, 2009.

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• For me my biggest inspiration is trying to make music that effects me as much as the music made by my heroes.

  Moby

  Inspiration, Trying, Made

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• We need to build a beautiful granite and bronze monument in our nation's capital to honor American heroes, unsung American heroes. And those unsung American heroes are the rich.

  Bernard Goldberg

  Beautiful, Honor, Needs

  "Bernie Goldberg Explains Why We Should Be Thanking Rich Americans". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. December 13, 2010.

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• We are all proud of is World War II where we went in, we were decisive, we came to the conclusion that freedom prevailed, and we were heroes.

  John F. Kerry

  War, World, Proud

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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• Every party and every movement tends to need a hero.

  Chris Matthews

  Party, Needs, Movement

  "Hardball" with Chris Matthew, www.nbcnews.com. December 11, 2009.

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• I was always attracted to the type of cinema hero as an adolescent growing up in Ireland. Robert Mitchum springs to mind. Later on, it was Steve McQueen to a certain extent and Charles Bronson. They're these types of grizzled characters who had one foot on the side of law and order and the other foot in the bad guy's camp.

  Liam Neeson

  Growing Up, Spring, Character

  Source: www.moviesonline.ca

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• I think most of us maintain some sort of fantasy in our minds that we are heroes, if only secretly, that we could really be amazing if only given a chance. That we could all be loved one day. You can always think of yourself as being transcendent or heroic. I think we all are.

  Megan Fox

  Thinking, Mind, One Day

  Source: www.menshealth.com

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• When I pick a role, one of the things that I aspire to is that somebody's parent will come up to me after the film has come out and say, "My daughter idealizes that character. You're her hero." That's what I aim for. We're in the business of making heroes.

  Evangeline Lilly

  Daughter, Character, Parent

  Source: collider.com

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• How often do our heroes stand still? It's hard to imagine Spock and Kirk landing on a planet and just relaxing for a month or two. Just hanging out has nothing to do with boldly going where no one has gone before. What makes us different from every other creature is that we go places, places we've not gone before. We do it willingly, and often. What makes our work and our life interesting is discovery, surprise, and the risk of exploration.

  Seth Godin

  Discovery, Two, Interesting

  Seth Godin (2015). “Poke The Box: When Was the Last Time You Did Something for the First Time?”, p.28, Penguin

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• To adopt the posture of the hero is the most unheroic of all acts.

  Dorothy Norman

  Posture

  Dorothy Norman (1969). “The Hero: Myth, Image, Symbol”, Anchor Books

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