Quotes by Heroism One part brave, three parts fool! Christopher Paolini heroism three brave Since time out of mind, a considered act of heroism has been the cure for stultifying ambivalence. Clarissa Pinkola Estes cures heroism mind Gentlemen, welcome to the world of reality – there is no audience. No one to applaud, to admire. No one to see you. Do you understand? Here is the truth – actual heroism receives no ovation, entertains no one. No one queues up to see it. No one is interested. David Foster heroism gentleman reality By nature of definition only the coward is capable of the highest heroism David Gemmell heroism coward definitions I believe I want adult sanity, which seems to me the only unalloyed form of heroism available today. David Foster Wallace heroism adults believe I think heroism comes in different packages. The superhero package is one that we're familiar with. Deborah Ann Woll superhero heroism thinking The heroic man does not pose; he leaves that for the man who wishes to be thought heroic. Elbert Hubbard heroism wish men Quiet heroism or youthful idealism, or both? What do we know? That life without heroism and idealism is not worth living - or that either can be fatal? Erich Segal idealism heroism quiet Genuine heroism for man is still the power to support contradictions, no matter how glaring or hopeless they may seem. Ernest Becker heroism support men The epic disappeared along with the age of personal heroism; there can be no epic with artillery. Ernest Renan heroism epic age There are heroes in evil as well as in good. Francois de La Rochefoucauld heroism hero evil The hunger for applause is the source for all conscious literature and heroism Francois de La Rochefoucauld hunger heroism literature I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind. Gene Siskel heroism movie able No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is no hero, but because the valet is a valet. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel heroism hero men Of all the races, there is no better stage for heroism than a marathon. George A. Sheehan marathon heroism race A hero is someone right who doesn't change. George Foreman heroism hero I welcome all the signs indicating that a more manly and warlike age is commencing, which will, above all, bring heroism again into honour! Friedrich Nietzsche heroism age war War can so easily be gilt with romance and heroism and solemn national duty and patriotism and the like by persons whose superficial literary and oratorical talent covers an abyss of Godforsaken folly. George Bernard Shaw heroism romance war The moralist must praise heroism and condemn cruelty; but the moralist does not explain events. Georges Lefebvre heroism events history Genuine bravery occurs when you least expect it, and when, in fact, you're quite oblivious of it. Sometimes heroism happens when you press on; other times when you let go. Once in a while, it happens when you do a little dance all your own. Gerald Hausman heroism bravery letting-go «1234567»