Heroic Quotes - Page 14

• I was hugely impressed... was the ultimate example of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit it, and didn't want to leave until he understood. That's heroic to me. I wish every grad student had that attitude.

  Randy Pausch

  Attitude, Men, Wish

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• Stranded in this mill town railroad yard while the whole world was converging elsewhere, we seemed to be nothing but children playing among heroic men.

  John Knowles

  Peace, Children, Men

  John Knowles (2014). “A Separate Peace”, p.82, Simon and Schuster

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• At all costs the true world of childhood must prevail, must be restored; that world whose momentous, heroic, mysterious quality is fed on airy nothings, whose substance is so ill-fitted to withstand the brutal touch of adult inquisition.

  Jean Cocteau

  Childhood, Quality, Adults

  Jean Cocteau (1966). “The Holy Terrors (Les Enfants Terribles)”, p.23, New Directions Publishing

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• He plants his feet stubbornly, adopting what he must think is an heroic post. He's just begging for a pigeon to fly by and relieve itself.

  Libba Bray

  Thinking, Feet, Pigeons

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• She refused to think of Neil, brave and quiet, whose reward for a heroic rescue was to be slowly devoured by strange cave balloons.

  Brandon Mull

  Thinking, Brave, Caves

  Brandon Mull, Brandon Dorman (2009). “Grip of the Shadow Plague”, p.260, Simon and Schuster

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• She looked at me. "What? Is there something wrong with my idea?" "It's not very heroic," I said dismissively. "I was expecting something with a little more flair." "Well, I left my armor and warhorse at home," she said. "You're just upset because your big University brain couldn't think of a way, and my plan is brilliant.

  Patrick Rothfuss

  Home, Thinking, Ideas

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• the highest point a man can attain is not Knowledge, or Virtue, or Goodness, or Victory, but something even greater, more heroic and more despairing: Sacred Awe!

  Nikos Kazantzakis

  Knowledge, Men, Victory

  Nikos Kazantzakis, Carl Wildman (1953). “Zorba the Greek”, p.269, Simon and Schuster

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• According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly, or defiant you are, at the end of the day you're also dead. Which is a little too permanent for my liking.

  Jonathan Stroud

  The End Of The Day, Littles, Matter

  Jonathan Stroud (2005). “Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate”, Disney-Hyperion

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• For although this was a very heroic war, with a parade of every sort of high moral principle, and with the most sonorous language employed upon both sides, it somehow failed to bring about either the reformation or the ruin of humankind: and after the conclusion of the murdering and general breakage, the world went on pretty much as it has done after all other wars, with a vague notion that a deal of time and effort had been unprofitably invested, and a conviction that it would be inglorious to say so.

  James Branch Cabell

  War, Effort, Ruins

  James Branch Cabell (2017). “Figures of Earth: A Comedy of Appearances”, p.155, Wildside Press LLC

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• If things go wrong, I'll lead them away. Once it's clear, get back to the car. If you don't see me in five minutes, then I've probably died a very brave and heroic death. Oh and don't Oh, and don't touch the radio--I've got it tuned right where I want it and I don't want you messing that up.

  Derek Landy

  Car, Brave, Want

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• War is not heroic. War is not exhilarating. War is full of despair. It is dark. It is dreadful. It is a thing of sorrow and gloom. That is why people fear war. That is why people choose to avoid it. ~Izuru Kira

  Tite Kubo

  War, Dark, People

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• We, her children, are heroic, dersperate.

  Marguerite Duras

  Children

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• The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on DESPITE all opposition, until they attain their goal. These few are the Fords, Carnegies, Rockefellers, and Edisons. There may be no heroic connotation to the word persistence, but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.

  Napoleon Hill

  Giving Up, Character, Persistence

  Napoleon Hill (2012). “Napoleon Hill Collection”, p.113, Penguin

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• In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic.

  Jim Butcher

  Heroism, Want, Action

  Jim Butcher (2010). “The Dresden Files Collection 7-12”, p.494, Penguin

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• Americans admire success. Englishmen admire heroic failure

  Anne Fadiman

  Admire, Englishmen

  Anne Fadiman (2011). “Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader”, p.24, Macmillan

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• An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain.

  Susan Orlean

  Ordinary, Complicated, Exceptional

  Susan Orlean (2010). “The Bullfighter Checks Her Make-Up”, p.13, Random House

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• The world can no longer be left to mere diplomats, politicians, and business leaders. They have done the best they could, no doubt. But this is an age for spiritual heroes- a time for men and women to be heroic in their faith and in spiritual character and power. The greatest danger to the Christian church today is that of pitching its message too low.

  Dallas Willard

  Christian, Spiritual, Hero

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• To be a woman is a great adventure; To drive men mad is a heroic thing.

  Boris Pasternak

  Adventure, Men, Mad

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• Whatever may be their use in civilized societies, mirrors are essential to all violent and heroic action.

  Virginia Woolf

  Mirrors, Essentials, Use

  Virginia Woolf (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)”, p.2634, Delphi Classics

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

  D. A. Carson

  Absolutism, May, Form

  D. A. Carson (2005). “Becoming Conversant with the Emerging Church: Understanding a Movement and Its Implications”, p.91, Harper Collins

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• Love doesn't mean doing extraordinary or heroic things. It means knowing how to do ordinary things with tenderness.

  Jean Vanier

  Love, Mean, Knowing

  Jean Vanier (2010). “Living Gently in a Violent World (Large Print 16pt)”, p.55, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• An intelligent person, looking out of his eyes and hearkening in his ears, with a smile on his face all the time, will get more true education than many another in a life of heroic vigils".

  Robert Louis Stevenson

  Eye, Intelligent, Ears

  Robert Louis Stevenson (1999). “The Lantern-Bearers and Other Essays”, p.38, Cooper Square Press

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• We must learn that passively to accept an unjust system is to cooperate with that system, and thereby to become a participant in its evil.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Inspirational, Hero, Evil

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2012). “A Gift of Love: Sermons from Strength to Love and Other Preachings”, p.26, Beacon Press

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• tragedy in the theater opens our eyes so that we can discover and appreciate the heroic in reality.

  Jose Ortega y Gasset

  Eye, Reality, Appreciate

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• He says he had to go help someone in a desperate situation. Who, exactly, he refuses to say. He doesn’t know when he’s going to be back, but suggests we put off the wedding for a few days. The rotter! How dare he just zoom off and not tell me where he’s going, or who he’s going to help, or what exactly he’s up to!” Yeah, how dare he go out and be all heroic and stuff when you want him here slobbering over your big boobs.

  Katie MacAlister

  Desperate Situations, Zoom, Want

  Katie Macalister (2007). “Holy Smokes: An Aisling Grey, Guardian, Novel”, p.101, Penguin

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