402 Quotes About Heroism

Sometimes the hardest part of heroism is admitting that the battle is out of your hands.

Let Kade be a hero again. It might not be what he wanted, but it's what he earned, and people have to have the things they've earned for those things to matter.

El hombre es, en el fondo, un animal feroz. Acaso más envenenado que las víboras y más cruel que los tigres. El deseo de matar, profundamente unido a su instinto sexual, está siempre latente en él. Pero lo llama heroísmo y eleva estatuas a hombres que fueron asesinos. El deseo siempre grande de matar, hace que el hombre cree himnos nacionales, pabellones y fronteras.

But you know, meddling when you don’t need to is the essence of being a hero.

Glory?!Have you gone MAD? There's no glory to be had now! Only retreat -- or surrender -- or death!""That's an easy chose for us, arcadian! SPARTANS NEVER RETREAT! SPARTANS NEVER SURRENDER!

Without stupid, helpless people to save, heroes become unnecessary. Or rather, without them, it turns out that we are all heroes, even if distinctly unstereotypical ones

I'm mostly selfish and vain, but sometimes even I surprise myself. We're all just ordinary men--well, I'm an ordinary demon--faced with extraordinary choices. In those moments, sometimes heroic ideals demand that we become their avatars.

Words of wisdom: Drop that zero and get with the hero.

Because that's the ugly truth about heroism: the tests don't start when you're ready or stop when you're tired. You don't get time-outs, warm-ups, or bathroom breaks. You may have a headache or be wearing the wrong pants or find yourself—the way Norina did—in a skirt and low heels in a school hallway becoming slick with your own blood.