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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, Believe, Discovery

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• Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Littles, Admiration, Given

  "The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard". Book by Elbert Hubbard, 1927.

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• I want to praise activists through the years. I praise those of the past as well, to have them honored.

  Studs Terkel

  Past, Years, Honor

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• There is heroism even in the circles of hell for fellow-sinners who cling to each other in the fiery whirlwind and never recriminate.

  George Eliot

  Circles, Hell, Whirlwind

  George Eliot (2000). “Felix Holt, The Radical”, p.433, Broadview Press

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• Fate does not invite ugly boring people to save the world; and if you do try to save the world (without being beautiful, strong, clever, or wise), you will soon die pointlessly and how much adventure is there in that?

  James Alan Gardner

  Beautiful, Wise, Strong

  James Alan Gardner (2014). “Ascending”, p.7, Open Road Media

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• Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Life, God

  Albert Einstein (2010). “The Ultimate Quotable Einstein”, p.423, Princeton University Press

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• One man with courage is a majority.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Motivational, Success, Courage

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• When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.

  Tecumseh

  Life, Death, Wisdom

  "A Sourcebook for Earth's Community of Religions". Book by Joel Diederik Beversluis, 1993.

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• The fame of heroes owes little to the extent of their conquests and all to the success of the tributes paid to them.

  Jean Genet

  Success, Congratulations, Littles

  Jean Genet (2003). “Prisoner of Love”, New York Review of Books

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• The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

  Aristotle

  Inspirational, Courage, Yoga

  Aristotle (1953). “Ethics: The Nicomachean Ethics”

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• Don't wait for a Gandhi, don't wait for a King, don't wait for a Mandela. You are your own Mandela, you are your own Gandhi, you are your own King.

  Leymah Gbowee

  Kings, Believe In Yourself, Waiting

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• If we don't believe in free expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.

  Noam Chomsky

  Inspirational, Relationship, Freedom

  Interview with John Pilger on BBC's "The Late Show", November 25, 1992.

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• One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Death, Dying, Alive

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• Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Witty, Being Yourself

  Intentions "The Critic as Artist" pt. 2 (1891)

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• One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Men, Be A Man

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• My heroes and heroines are often unlikely people who are dragged into situations without meaning to become involved, or people with a past that has never quite left them. They are often isolated, introspective people, often confrontational or anarchic in some way, often damaged or secretly unhappy or incomplete.

  Joanne Harris

  Past, People, Unhappy

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• I happen to think that Jesus was the greatest hero of all time. I don't think you could invent that kind of a hero. He had it all - everything that the human spirit could yearn for. There is nothing that man ever said or did, by word or deed that is evil. That is not full of compassion. That is not full of love for your neighbor whether he's down or out, or up - no matter what. He taught that you must love your neighbor whether he's a crook, a beggar, whether he's rich or poor.

  Frank Capra

  Jesus, Love You, Men

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.

  A. B. Simpson

  Christian, Opportunity, World

  A. B. Simpson (1984). “Days of Heaven on Earth: A Daily Devotional to Comfort and Inspire”, Moody Publishers

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• If we had a better understanding of the ways we think about enemies, we might be able to think of more rational ways of settling conflict.

  Sam Keen

  Thinking, Understanding, Enemy

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• The hero, in living her own life, in being true to herself; radiates a light by which others may see their own way.

  Laurence Boldt

  Light, May, Way

  Laurence G. Boldt (1999). “Zen and the Art of Making a Living: A Practical Guide to Creative Career Design”, p.94, Penguin

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• Heroes? Don't believe in them.

  Samuel Fuller

  Believe, Crafts, Don't Believe

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• The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image or trademark. The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media. The hero was a big man; the celebrity is a big name.

  Daniel J. Boorstin

  Sports, Men, Media

  Daniel J. Boorstin (2012). “The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America”, p.61, Vintage

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• I look at my sons' little faces, and I want to be their superhero. I don't want them to have to look outside to a third party for a hero, for someone to look up to and admire. I want that to be ME. I want that person to be MOMMY for them.

  Lashinda Demus

  Party, Son, Role Models

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• Inside a soul, there's a hero to discover

  David Guetta

  Soul

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• When I was very young, most of my childhood heroes wore capes, flew through the air, or picked up buildings with one arm. They were spectacular and got a lot of attention. But as I grew, my heroes changed, so that now I can honestly say that anyone who does anything to help a child is a hero to me.

  Fred Rogers

  Children, Air, Childhood

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