402 Quotes About Heroism

...where's the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it?

Not every flying hero has a cape.

In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.

Finally Marcus stepped forward. "If you insist on going through me to get him, it's your call. But I warn you, I will probably cry when you hurt me, and you'll fell bad about it later."Vinci looked at him. "That's your defiant speech?""Get used to it," said Marcus. "There's a lot more useless heroics where that came from.

I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary acts have placed me face to face with death, I cannot recall a single one where any alternative step to that I took occurred to me until many hours later.

Heroism is a badly remunerated occupation, and often it leads to an early end, which is why it appeals to fanatics or persons with an unhealthy fascination with death.

Each one of us has the power — and must develop the will — to be the hero of his own life. We believe in goals, in purposes, in achievement and in the joy of living.

I Treasure a remark to my grandson who asked, "Grandpa were you a hero in the war?"Grandpa said, "No.... but I served in a company of heroes”. - Mike Ranney

down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid...