Quotes about hero
hero eye our-generation
The invention of film has given our generation the dubious advantage of watching our acting heroes deteriorate before our eyes. Robert Brustein
hero jordan accomplished
And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine Tom Selleck
hero mind looks
If you look at all of the villains in the course of human history, they've all believed, delusionally, in the virtue of their actions - every villain is a hero in his own mind. Tom Hiddleston
hero thinking years
Probably we'll think of Bush in years to come as an American hero. Tommy Franks
hero eye government
I have another name for what they're terming whistleblowers, and that's righteous heroes. From Bradley Manning to Snowden. They're people of conscience who are unwilling to turn a blind eye to the crimes of our government. And thank goodness for them. Tom Morello
hero community together
You [the Gallaudet students] have brought the deaf community together.... You are my heroes. Tom Harkin
hero walks
A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown. Tom Hanks
hero dark thinking
I spent my entire experience with Gary [ on Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy] staring at him and not returning any lines because I think he's God. The second time [ on The Dark Knight Rises] I was playing God, so I ignored him. Kicked him a bit, that kind of thing. Gary Oldman is one of my heroes, I did nothing but glean from him. Tom Hardy
hero thinking people
Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards, and a third are heroes. Now, a villain and a coward can choose to be a hero, but they've got to make that choice. Tom Hanks
hero people slips
Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away. Tom Brokaw
hero believe fighting
If a hero must have an unmarked grave, it should at least be close to where his comrades fell." "Comrades?" "One way or another we all fight for the things we believe in. Doesn't that give us some common ground? Tom Clancy
hero
When Donald Trump says women should be punished or Mexicans are rapists and criminals or John McCain's not a hero, he is showing you who he is. Tim Kaine
hero bliss tales
Tales of heroes end in bliss. Tanith Lee
hero
You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching. Tamora Pierce
hero princess survival
Not everyone can stand up and be a hero, Princess. Some prefer to surrender to the inevitable and salve their consciences with the gift of survival. Tad Williams
hero people ordinary
Day after day, ordinary people become heroes through extraordinary and selfless actions to help their neighbors. Sylvia Mathews Burwell
hero earth enjoyed
The earth is enjoyed by heroes Swami Vivekananda
hero greatness men
Infinite perfection is in every man, though unmanifested. Every man has in him the potentiality of attaining to perfect saintliness, Rishihood, or to the most exalted position of an Avatâra, or to the greatness of a hero in material discoveries. Swami Vivekananda
hero coward made
Compared to the coward that never made the attempt, he is a hero. Swami Vivekananda
hero writing emotional
When Kirk dies it was very emotional and very strange, in the moment and all the way through the process. I'd read it in the script and I'd always be struck by what I'd just done and what we were doing, and that this was my childhood hero and I was writing his death. Ronald D. Moore
hero stressful-situations people
The truth is that Ron is my hero. He's always there for his friends - sometimes belligerently, but there nevertheless. He's also the comic relief in stressful situations; the funny guy with a great one-liner. And no matter how scared he may be, he will put aside his fears to support and protect the people he loves. To me, that represents true courage. Rupert Grint
hero enemy overcoming
The lion who breaks the enemy's ranks is a minor hero compared to the lion who overcomes himself. Rumi
hero responsibility sky
Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it's my responsibility to make it better. Tom McCall
hero responsibility thinking
I am just...wondering, where is the glow of yesteryear? I'm wondering where the heroes went. Gosh, I don't know how long ago they left. Heroes are not giant statues framed against a red sky. They are people who say: This is my community, and it is my responsibility to make it better. Interweave all these communities, and you really have an America that is back on its feet, a comfortable nation to live in again. I really think we're gonna have to reassess what constitutes a hero. Tom McCall
hero thinking cartoon
You can't think that you're playing a villain, or you'll end up with a cartoon. You have to think about him as a person and a hero. Tom Berenger
hero adversity
Through adversity we find our heroes... Steve Gleason
hero autism underdog
If you're an underdog, mentally disabled, physically disabled, if you don't fit in, if you're not as pretty as the others, you can still be a hero. Steve Guttenberg
hero eye men
A man must indeed be a hero to appear such in the eyes of his valet. Thomas Carlyle
hero worship hero-worship
Society is founded on hero-worship. Thomas Carlyle
hero men worship
Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man. Thomas Carlyle
hero forever worship
Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally, among mankind. Thomas Carlyle
hero fighting men
All sorts of Heroes are intrinsically of the same material; that given a great soul, open to the Divine Significance of Life, then there is given a man fit to speak of this, to sing of this, to fight and work for this, in a great, victorious, enduring manner; there is given a Hero, -- the outward shape of whom will depend on the time and the environment he finds himself in. Thomas Carlyle
hero men roots
Hero-worship is the deepest root of all; the tap-root, from which in a great degree all the rest were nourished and grown . . . Worship of a Hero is transcendent admiration of a Great Man. I say great men are still admirable; I say there is, at bottom, nothing else admirable! No nobler feeling than this of admiration for one higher than himself dwells in the breast of men. Thomas Carlyle