1,474 Quotes About Hero

Well, you know, in any novel you would hope that the hero has someone to push back against, and villains - I find the most interesting villains those who do the right things for the wrong reasons, or the wrong things for the right reasons. Either one is interesting. I love the gray area between right and wrong.

Our discontent begins by finding false villains whom we can accuse of deceiving us. Next we find false heroes whom we expect to liberate us. The hardest, most discomfiting discovery is that each of us must emancipate himself.

The hero is known for achievements; the celebrity for well-knowns. The hero reveals the possibilities of human nature. The celebrity reveals the possibilities of the press and media. Celebrities are people who make news, but heroes are people who make history. Time makes heroes but dissolves celebrities.

The hero created himself; the celebrity is created by the media.

But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.

Perfectionism becomes a badge of honor with you playing the part of the suffering hero.

Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.

The life of discipleship is not the hero-worship we would pay to a good master, but obedience to the Son of God.

Barbara Jordan is one [of the political heroes]. Her 1976 speech in New York inspired me to get into politics.