Quotes by Heroism Heroism does not require spiritual maturity. Abel Hermant heroism maturity spiritual But, you know, I feel more fellowship with the defeated than with saints. Heroism and sanctity don't really appeal to me, I imagine. What interests me is being a man. Albert Camus heroism saint men Heroism is accessible. Happiness is more difficult. Albert Camus heroism difficult The great, the fundamental need of any nation, any race, is for heroism, devotion, sacrifice; and there cannot be heroism, devotion, or sacrifice in a primarily skeptical spirit. Anna Julia Cooper heroism sacrifice race What keeps India safe really is the heroism of millions of poor Indians who every day reject the allure of terrorism. What keeps India safe is just the courage of poor Indians, not the actions of its government. Aravind Adiga heroism india government There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done. Arthur Conan Doyle heroism done waiting Just look at the list of who the lowest-paid people are. Pediatricians are at the bottom. You would also look at internists. You would look at psychiatrists. You would look at family physicians, HIV specialists. People who take care of chronic illnesses by seeing people carefully over time, those are the people who get the least money. The people who have the most are people like orthopedic surgeons, interventional cardiologists. And my point isn't that there is something wrong with heroism. Atul Gawande heroism care people I am a bleak heroism of words that refuse to be buried alive with the liars. Audre Lorde heroism alive liars Kill reverence and you've killed the hero in man. Ayn Rand heroism hero men There is a kind of expressed love which is easy to subvert. When a figure is loved for their deeds, their conquests, their heroism, their goodness, their love of the people, these are easy enough to destroy... But there is a kind of love which is felt for apparently no reason... A love, inspired, it seems, by the gods, which it is impossible to fight, distort, destroy, or weaken. In fact, the attempts to destroy such loves only strengthen them. And to do nothing allows them to continue to grow at their natural pace, inexoribly, till this love becomes a wide and silent adoration. Ben Okri heroism fighting people In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences. Brandon Mull doing-the-right-thing heroism mean And you came back to Lyrian?" Galloran said in disbelief. "Believe it or not, I came through the same hippopotamus that brought me here the first time. Jumped into the tank on purpose. I wanted to keep others from wasting their time pursuing the Word. And I couldn't ditch Rachel." Galloran smiled. "Truly, you are possessed by that species of madness that begets heroism. Brandon Mull tanks heroism believe You picked the right road, even though it is the most difficult. That is the essence of heroism. (p. 326) Brandon Mull heroism difficult essence There is only one way fit for a man - Heroism, or Master-Morality, or Violence. All the other people in between are ploughing the sand. C. S. Lewis heroism men people We have more to learn today from the spectacle of a great man at a great moment than from any number of monographs on ancient wage levels. C. V. Wedgwood heroism numbers men For the company of the great is good company as Shakespeare understood it, as Plutarch understood it. The past remains the source from which example and precept can still be drawn. C. V. Wedgwood heroism example past Heroism is an extraordinary feat of the flesh; holiness is an ordinary act of the spirit. One may bring personal glory; the other always gives God glory. Charles Colson heroism ordinary giving It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge. Charles de Gaulle heroism sacrifice humanity Faith is the heroism of the intellect. Charles Henry Parkhurst intellect heroism Faith is the very heroism and enterprise of intellect. Faith is not a passivity, but a faculty. Faith is power, the material of effect. Faith is a kind of winged intellect. The great work men of history have been men who believed like giants. Charles Henry Parkhurst heroism faith men 1234567»