402 Quotes About Heroism

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.

It's not just children who need heroes.

No one is an unjust villain in his own mind. Even - perhaps even especially - those who are the worst of us. Some of the cruelest tyrants in history were motivated by noble ideals, or made choices that they would call 'hard but necessary steps' for the good of their nation. We're all the hero of our own story.

Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.

As I see it, part of the art of being a hero is knowing when you don't need to be one anymore.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself

How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!

Heroism wasn't about what you could do, it was about what you did. It was about who you saved when they needed saving.

To be a true hero you must be a true Christian. To sum up then, heroism is largely based on two qualities- truthfulness and unselfishness, a readiness to put one's own pleasures aside for that of others, to be courteous to all, kind to those younger than yourself, helpful to your parents, even if helpfulness demands some slight sacrifice of your own pleasure. . .you must remember that these two qualities are the signs of Christian heroism.