647 Quotes About Heroes

Mere words cannot defeat a true hero. Unless they happen to be the words to some sort of Instant Death Spell. Magic is scary.

You will never develop courage if you don’t stand in the middle of the battle afraid and pick up the sword anyways, to defend what is right. You might feel like you are outnumbered, but heroes always are.

Anyone can be a hero, even those who cannot!

We are all heroes of our little worlds

I loathe it when they [English teachers] are bullied by no-nothing parents or cowardly school boards.

Teaching remains a heroic act to me, and teachers live a necessary and all-important life. We are killing their spirit with unnecessary pressure and expectation that seem forced and destructive to me. Long ago I was one of them. I still regret I was forced to leave them. My entire body of work is because of men and women like them.

Where there are villains, there will be heroes. Just wait. They will come...

If we didn't read people who were bastards, we'd never read anything. Even the best of us are at least part-time bastards.

As long as I live, I will always remember those wee children standing at the railing on that ship." - John Hanlon, the sailor