100 Quotes About Hero

Heroes are those who inspire us with their feats of bravery, practicality, and kindness. They’re those who stand up to injustice and live life with a sense of purpose and meaning. They’re the ones we look up to and strive to become like. And the most meaningful heroes we’ll ever meet — those we emulate — are those we were born into our family of origin Read more

To acknowledge the ones who have inspired you to live your best life, here’s a collection of inspirational quotes about heroes.

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Name one hero who was happy." I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason's children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but was crippled by the fall from Pegasus' back." You can't." He was sitting up now, leaning forward." I can't."" I know. They never let you be famous AND happy." He lifted an eyebrow. "I'll tell you a secret."" Tell me." I loved it when he was like this." I'm going to be the first." He took my palm and held it to his. "Swear it."" Why me?"" Because you're the reason. Swear it."" I swear it, " I said, lost in the high color of his cheeks, the flame in his eyes." I swear it, " he echoed. We sat like that a moment, hands touching. He grinned." I feel like I could eat the world raw. Madeline Miller
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I am fated to journey hand in hand with my strange heroes and to survey the surging immensity of life, to survey it through the laughter that all can see and through the tears unseen and unknown by anyone. Nikolai Gogol
Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint...
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Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them. Veronica Roth
To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don't listen...
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To assess the quality of thoughts of people, don't listen to their words, but watch their actions. Amit Kalantri
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Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but not for meaning or mystery. It produces "nice" people, not heroes. Peter Kreeft
Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that...
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Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that makes you contribute with something good to this world is truly the way to go. Simon Zingerman
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That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire. Simon Zingerman
The most unlucky generation is the one which couldn't produce...
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The most unlucky generation is the one which couldn't produce a hero to look upto. Amit Kalantri
The more details, depth and thought you put into your...
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The more details, depth and thought you put into your ideas the more valuable they become. Simon Zingerman
Between natural ability and education choose natural ability, as it...
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Between natural ability and education choose natural ability, as it will keep you happy and will fetch you the glory sooner. Amit Kalantri
In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence, one...
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In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence, one word of truthsounds like a pistol shot. Unknown
We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain...
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We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise. Abraham H. Maslow
Someone needs to fight, someone needs to sacrifice, someone needs...
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Someone needs to fight, someone needs to sacrifice, someone needs to inspire, someone needs to be a hero. Amit Kalantri
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To be truly happy, a man must live absolutely in the present, no thought of what's gone before and no thought of what lies ahead. But a life with meaning, a man is condemned to wallow in the past and obsess about the future. Daniel Linderman
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What makes a hero? Courage, strength, morality, withstanding adversity? Are these the traits that truly show and create a hero? Is the light truly the source of darkness or vice versa? Is the soul a source of hope or despair? Who are these so called heroes and where do they come from? Are their origins in obscurity or in plain sight? Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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..heroes are sometimes the most ordinary -seeming people. It reminds us that as ordinary as we might be, we can, if we choose, take the harder road, walk forth bravely under the indifferent stars. We can hazard the ravages of chance. We can choose to endure what seems unendurable, and thereby open up the possibility of prevailing. We can awaken to the world as it is, and seeing it with eyes wide open, we can nevertheless embrace hope rather than despair. Daniel James Brown
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Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes.. The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain, and sometimes to postpone death, or at least render it more bearable. In contrast, the patriot sacrifices a rather substantial part of humanity for the sake of his own prestige. His statue is always erected on a pedestal of ruins and corpses.. In contrast, all humanity crowns a scholar, love forms the pedestal of his statues, and his triumphs defy the desecration of time and the judgment of history. Unknown
Only in death will we have our own names since...
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Only in death will we have our own names since only in death are we no longer part of the effort. In death we become heroes. Chuck Palahniuk
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Space opera, as every reader doubtless knows, is a pejorative term often applied to a story that has an element of adventure. Over the decades, brilliant and talented new writers appear, receiving great acclaim, and each and every one of them can be expected to write at least one article stating flatly that the day of space opera is over and done, thank goodness, and that henceforth these crude tales of interplanetary nonsense will be replaced by whatever type of story that writer happens to favor – closet dramas, psychological dramas, sex dramas, etc., but by God important dramas, containing nothing but Big Thinks. Ten years late, the writer in question may or may not still be around, but the space opera can be found right where it always was, sturdily driving its dark trade in heroes. Leigh Brackett
Perseverance is the act of true role models and heroes.
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Perseverance is the act of true role models and heroes. Liza M. Wiemer
Don't try to follow trends. Create them.
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Don't try to follow trends. Create them. Simon Zingerman
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On the second floor was the office in which Houston pounded an ancient typewriter with two fingers, always setting an example of unceasing hard work for his admiring students. They had no hint of the fact that their hard-driving dean had contracted tuberculosis while serving as a GI in France in Word War I. Houstan always seemed vibrant and impassioned in the chase for justice as he tried to expose his students to everything relating to the law that might give them an advantage.."I never worked hard until I got to the Howard Law School and met Charlie Houston, " Marshal told me. "I saw this man's dedication, his vision, his willingness to sacrifice, and I told myself, 'You either shape up or ship out.' When you are being challenged by a great human being, you know that you can't ship out." So Houston rescued Marshall and launched him into a career as one of the greatest lawyers in American history. Carl T. Rowan
If not for tragedy, tyrants, and injustice, there would be...
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If not for tragedy, tyrants, and injustice, there would be nothing to awaken and inspire dormant heroes. There is always a balance. Always. Steve Maraboli
The world is not fair. That's why it needs heroes.
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The world is not fair. That's why it needs heroes. Mark Andrew Poe
Every Intelligent person was once a fool.
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Every Intelligent person was once a fool. Michael Bassey Johnson
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Odysseus inclines his head. "True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another." He spread his broad hands. "We cannot say who will survive the holocaust of memory. Who knows?" He smiles. "Perhaps one day even I will be famous. Perhaps more famous than you. Madeline Miller
Tim and Raine are coming in.
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Tim and Raine are coming in."" Are they insane?"" Apparently. Susan Bischoff
What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a...
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What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul. Edward Abbey
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Original sin is a self-initiating act because it evidences human free will. If humanity were devoid of free will, it would relegate humankind to living by instinct. A person who lives by instinct might survive for an enviable period, but they will never live a heroic existence. Every hero’s story commences with an unsatisfied and optimistic person venturing out from the comfortable confines of their common day world, facing forces of fabulous power, and fighting a magnificent personal battle. The greatest traditional heroes were warriors whom survived on the battlefield and learned valuable lessons of honor, love, loyalty, and courage. Heroic warriors and spiritual seekers undertook a rigorous quest, an enduring ordeal that enabled them to transcend their own personhood’s shallow desire merely to survive. By enduring hardships, experiencing breathtaking encounters with the physical world, and undergoing a spiritual renaissance, the hero gains a hard-won sense self-discovery, comprehends his or her place in society, and accepts their role as a teacher. A hero is a bearer of light, wisdom, and charity. The hero reenters society and shares their culmination of knowledge by devoting their life to teaching other people. Kilroy J. Oldster
You don't look so much like a great hero, '...
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You don't look so much like a great hero, ' Jarrah said. 'I'm pretty sure I'm not, ' Mack said wearily. 'My throat is hoarse from screaming in terror. I don't think heroes have that problem. Michael Grant
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You will not say how you are haunted by the faces of the men you killed, how in their last gasp of life they sought your pity and you had none. You will not speak of the boys who died screaming for their mothers while you twisted a blade in their guts and snarled your scorn into their ears. You will not confess that you wake in the night, covered in sweat, heart hammering, shrinking from the memories. You will not talk of that, because that is the horror, and the horror is held in the heart’s hoard, a secret, and to admit it is to admit fear, and we are warriors. We do not fear. We strut. We go to battle like heroes. We stink of shit. Bernard Cornwell
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Did you know you could destroy dragons? Dragons are not actually real, they just roar to scare you away from your goals. In fact they are afraid of determined heroes, they take flight at their approach Bangambiki Habyarimana
Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible...
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Sometimes, all it takes to save people from a terrible faith is one person willing to do something about it. Even if that "something" is a fake bathroom break. Veronica Roth
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I just came from Bunker Hill, ’ I told Sam. ‘Hel offered me a reunion with my mother.’ I managed to tell her the story. Samirah reached out as if to touch my arm, then apparently changed her mind. ‘I’m so sorry, Magnus. But Hel lies. You can’t trust her. She’s just like my father, only colder. You made the right choice.’‘ Yeah … still. You ever do the right thing, and you know it’s the right thing, but it leaves you feeling horrible?’‘ You’ve just described most days of my life.’ Sam pulled up her hood. ‘When I became a Valkyrie … I’m still not sure why I fought that frost giant. The kids at Malcolm X were terrible to me. The usual garbage: they asked me if I was a terrorist. They yanked off my hijab. They slipped disgusting notes and pictures into my locker. When that giant attacked … I could’ve pretended to be just another mortal and got myself to safety. But I didn’t even think about running away. Why did I risk my life for those kids?’ I smiled.‘ What?’ she demanded.‘ Somebody once told me that a hero’s bravery has to be unplanned — a genuine response to a crisis. It has to come from the heart, without any thought of reward.’ Sam huffed. ‘That somebody sounds pretty smug.’‘ Maybe you didn’t need to come here, ’ I decided. ‘Maybe I did. To understand why we’re a good team. Rick Riordan
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On the late afternoon streets, everyone hurries along, going about their own business. Who is the person walking in front of you on the rain-drenched sidewalk? He is covered with an umbrella, and all you can see is a dark coat and the shoes striking the puddles. And yet this person is the hero of his own life story. He is the love of someone’s life. And what he can do may change the Vera Nazarian
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Our forefathers were heroes. But why were they heroes? Because they fought for democracy. They fought for the life and liberty of the Filipino people. They fought for our independence, our freedom. They fought against tyranny, totalitarianism, and dictatorship. They fought for us and that is something we must be grateful for. Yanan Melo
Never in the field of human conflict was so much...
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Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. Winston S. Churchill
This is where people misunderstand war. When you attack another...
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This is where people misunderstand war. When you attack another country for its resources, you are the pirate. But when you protect your country from the pirates, you are the hero. Suzy Kassem
A heroic act is not always followed by glory and...
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A heroic act is not always followed by glory and parades and forever freedom, ” she said. “It’s often small, disregarded, or forgotten. But it matters. Shannon A. Thompson
Bad people often end up as heroes.
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Bad people often end up as heroes. Michael Bassey Johnson
I just wonder… Isn’t it better to start as a...
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I just wonder… Isn’t it better to start as a monster and become a hero? Isn’t that what creates belief? The idea that someone can change? F.D. Lee
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A hero takes steps with the vision of bringing what is beyond the eyes of mere men into reality for them to come to a certain realization. A hero opens doors for the eyes of mere men to see things inside the closed doors and ponder, learn lessons and think of different actions! A hero faces challenges in an overcoming manner with a certain charisma that surpasses the understanding of mere men! To be a hero, one needs a certain gut! It is not as if heroes don’t hit the rock bottom, never! Heroes meet big problems, but big problems and challenges are what defines heroism, and even if heroes are unable to arrest and cripple all the challenges they meet, they must never be discredited for their awesome ingenuity that brought awe, became a yardstick, natured minds, provoked thoughts and caused the envy of mere men to shake, gave people reasons to reason, showed people the essence of life, cleared the path for people to take their journey, and epitomized true heroism! Heroes die after they have blazed the trail! Heroes retire after they have done something unique and unthinkable! Heroes are heroes, regardless of their slips or the big or small things they could never do as heroes, for most times heroes die as heroes whilst challenging the unthinkable challenges! Even if all people don’t see and acknowledge the heroism of a hero, heroes see, feel and understand what it really takes to be a hero! A hero is a hero! Don’t ever undermine heroism! . Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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A world without heroes is just an empty world! A world without heroes is just a world without great stories! There are heroes, and there are heroes! A hero takes steps with the vision of bringing what is beyond the eyes of mere men into reality for them to come to a certain realization. A hero opens doors for the eyes of mere men to see things inside the closed doors and ponder, learn lessons and think of different actions! A hero faces challenges in an overcoming manner with a certain charisma that surpasses the understanding of mere men! To be a hero, one needs a certain gut! It is not as if heroes don’t hit the rock bottom, never! Heroes meet big problems, but big problems and challenges are what define heroism, and even if heroes are unable to arrest and cripple all the challenges they meet, they must never be discredited for their awesome ingenuity that brought awe, became a yardstick, natured minds, provoked thoughts and caused the envy of mere men to shake, gave people reasons to reason, showed people the essence of life, cleared the path for people to take their journey, and epitomized true heroism! Heroes die after they have blazed the trail! Heroes retire after they have done something unique and unthinkable! Heroes are heroes, regardless of their slips or the big or small things they could never do as heroes, for most times heroes die as heroes whilst challenging the unthinkable challenges! Even if all people don’t see and acknowledge the heroism of a hero, heroes see, feel and understand what it really takes to be a hero! A hero is a hero! Don’t ever undermine heroism! . Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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My dear Gorgas, Instead of being simply satisfied to make friends and draw your pay, it is worth doing your duty, to the best of your ability, for duty’s sake; and in doing this, while the indolent sleep, you may accomplish something that will be of real value to humanity. Your good friend, ReedDr. Walter Reed encouraging Dr. William Gorgas who went on to make history eradicating Yellow Fever in Havana, 1902 and Panama, 1906, liberating the entire North American continent from centuries of Yellow Fever epidemics. . William Crawford Gorgas
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Fortunately for the cause of science and of humanity, we had as Governor-General of Cuba at that time General Leonard Wood, of the United States Army. General Wood had been educated as a physician, and had a very proper idea of the great advantages which would accrue to the world if we could establish the fact that yellow fever was conveyed by the mosquito, and his medical training made him a very competent judge as to the steps necessary to establish such fact. General Wood during the whole course of the investigations took the greatest interest in the experiments, and assisted the Board in every way he could. William Crawford Gorgas
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Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil. Robert Cormier
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Don't let hollow heroes distract you from saving yourself. Nikki Rowe
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Bruce has always been so nice to me, which is crazy, because he's one of my heroes. I'll never forget being at a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony the year Bruce and Paul McCartney were inducted. We were at the bar, and Bruce was talking to Paul, and he turned to me and said, 'I can't believe I'm talking to Paul McCartney! ' I thought, 'I can't believe I'm talking to Bruce Springsteen, who's talking to Paul McCartney! . Melissa Etheridge
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He was dirty, his hair unkempt, his clothes stained with blood. Heroes in stories somehow managed to rescue maidens while looking like court dandies. Next time he went adventuring he'd remember to bring a comb. J.V. Jones
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One’s options in this world are as vast as the horizon, which is technically a circle and thus infinitely broad. Yet we must choose each step we take with utmost caution, for the footprints we leave behind are as important as the path we will follow. They’re part of the same journey – our story. Lori R. Lopez
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What I knew for sure was that he had a quick temper, a cocky attitude, and a southern accent... Apparently he also has a pet cougar. Stacy Mantle
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We need heroes, however outlandish, because although we might not be slaying real dragons, we all have our quests. Russ Thorne
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Do you know what I remember? When [my father] read to me. Stupid things, dragons and heroes. He wouldn’t turn a page until I reached over and took his hand. That big man made every step of the story my choice. I loved that. He died of the wasting, in a Denerim ward. Those last weeks I read to him. I had to take his hand to turn the pages. And I couldn’t tell if he was too weak, or if it was the old game… No one tells you how to mourn. And when someone says, “move on”, you take their hand and say “my choice. . Aveline Valen
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How does a boy without a father grow up to be a man? How does he learn to make the hard decisions he's going to have to make in life, the ones only a man can teach? Sylar
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My left foot is the wisdom from yesterday, my right foot is the vision of tomorrow and my mind is focused on the work of today and this is how I stand a winner. Amit Kalantri
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I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Brandon Sanderson
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Being a hero, the man had observed, is largely a matter of knowing one’s cues. Lev Grossman
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A world without heroes is only a world with either mere men or men with wit and courage who never had the courage to take steps that could write great and amazing stories of life! Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
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The most powerful and courageous heroes I know are those who bite their tongues when justification, validation, temptation, or vengeance would have them strike with truthful, hurtful words. Richelle E. Goodrich
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Feel compassion for your own heart that was broken open by grief or confusion. Then tune in to the other level of that experience. Some part of you was heroic inside that moment of your life. Some part of you was looking out for you, wanting you to make it through, encouraging you to love and heal and be larger than the message you were getting. Access the hero inside your own story.... Laurie Perez
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He never went to war, yet he emerged from the smog and shadows victorious. Asghar Abbas
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Anyone can be a hero, even those who cannot! T.A. Cline
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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. Shannon L. Alder
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My books have very few villains pretending to be righteous, but they are filled with good people who have pretended to be villains so well that they believe it themselves. This is how I like to view reality. Kenneth Everett
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The more formidable the contradiction between inexhaustible life-joy and inevitable fate, the greater the longing which reveals itself in the kingdom of poetry and in the self-created world of dreams hopes to banish the dark power of reality. The gods enjoy eternal youth, and the search for the means of securing it was one of the occupations of the heroes of mythology and the sages, as it was of real adventurers in the middle ages and more recent times. But the fountain of youth has not been found, and can not be found if it is sought in any particular spot on the earth. Yet it is no fable, no dream-picture; it requires no adept to find it: it streams forth inexhaustible in all living nature. Ferdinand Cohn
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A hero: a man or woman who is unsatisfied by his condition, and resolves to do something about it. Bangambiki Habyarimana
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Never allow anyone to take advantage of you in no shape form or fashion. People get into relationships for different reasons. And, many are often looking for something in return and it mostly relates to security. Don't unite with any person who only wants to use your possessions and wealth to elevate themselves to the next level. You ought to value yourself much more than that. Each person in a relationship should be able to contribute wholly and completely. Amaka Imani Nkosazana
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You are the only one capable of loving you the way you deserve to be love. The only hero that will save you is you, you are everything that you need, If you would only take the time the to invest in getting to know yourself, not through outside lenses, but by finding your quiet place within and learning the language of your soul. Micheline Jean Louis
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In this life at least, Our fate is rarely epic. Maybe just as well, Impervious heroes we are not… Scott Hastie
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If monkey became a man, then a man can become a hero. Amit Kalantri
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Star in the sky is useless to the world, Star on the stage makes the difference to the world. Amit Kalantri
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People become followers of the God because of his fear, but they become a fan of a hero because of his work. Amit Kalantri
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Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. Fred Rogers
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I have a private theory, Sir, that there are no heroes and no monsters in this world. Only children should be allowed to use these words Alfred De Vigny
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Our fathers were demons, ' Catarina said. 'Our mothers were heroes. Cassandra Clare
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First you be a hero and then raise your child to be a hero. Amit Kalantri
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I think children want to believe that they can be heroes too. Eleonore Caron
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Almost all heroism is designed to make you inert by placing it in a context that you can't possibly act on. Stefan Molyneux
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Heralds don't sing about men who lived in orthodoxy or played it safe, they sing about men who lived an uncertain future and took enough risks to make your head spin. Evan Meekins
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Even though we don't admit it, every single one of us aspires to be like somebody, whether they live in the world today, within the bard's lyrics, or on the pages in the Library Evan Meekins
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To one degree or another we all fight against preconceptions nearly every day. The wisest people I know don't compare their fight to that of others. Everything is relative through the lens of personal struggle. Heroes come in all shapes and sizes.. mine are often those who are fighting their fight in public. Unashamed. Proud. An example. Heroes aren't perfect. They have faults and flaws. They stumble from time to time. They are heroes, though, because they correct themselves.. and set an example, intended or not, for the world observing them.. even, and especially, to those who would love nothing more than to see them fail. Stay Strong! . Dennis Sharpe
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It takes strength to remember, it takes another kind of strength to forget, it takes a hero to do both. People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death of their innocence; people who forget court another kind of madness, the madness of the denial of pain and the hatred of innocence; and the world is mostly divided between madmen who remember and madmen who forget. Heroes are rare. Unknown
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Ah, the world was ever so. How sad are heroes when their tasks are done... Michael Moorcock
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Remember that your fans are your lifeblood. See that you know who they are, and give them a reason to follow you. Be sure to thank them, often, for caring enough to support you. They’re responsible for your success just as much as you are. Simon Zingerman
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While friends are there to motivate us and keep us pleased. Our enemies are there to annoy us, which makes us work harder to beat them. Simon Zingerman
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This story inspires me to contribute with something unique and exciting for my time. Simon Zingerman
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There really is power in numbers. In today’s society one has to understand the true power of word of mouth. It’s true that the new tastemakers are us. Simon Zingerman
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Stories of absurd events in life get my creative juices flowing and have so far given birth to some of my best ideas. Simon Zingerman
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It's ever so important to believe in what you do, trust your ability to create and show yourself worthy. Never sell yourself short. Simon Zingerman
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Building positive customer experiences will help create passionate customers who will spread your message on their behalf - almost like an evangelist. Simon Zingerman
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As an observer of human nature, let's just face the facts: stupid stuff sells, and often the more stupid and silly it is, the better it sells. Simon Zingerman
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What we at first deem useless might end up being the next bestseller. It can be the product's novelty, fun factor or sheer stupidity. Whatever the case, just remember there's always room on the market for an original business idea. Simon Zingerman
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Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that makes you cintribute with something good to this world is truly the way to go. Simon Zingerman
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We are all heroes of our little worlds Bangambiki Habyarimana
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For a man who makes his salvation perfect through suffering, is more of a saint and a loving hero of nature. Auliq Ice
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If you honor the moments by not wasting them, the Time will honor you back by remembering you as the hero, for the rest of the time to come. Amit Kalantri
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Future will always remember the heroes, its because of them there exist a future. Amit Kalantri
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We choose and make our heroes from what we have read, heard and believed in. Pushpa Rana
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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. Mary Karr
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Literary works are not democracies. We hold this truth to be self-evident, that all men and women are created equal. We may, but the country of Novels, Etc., doesn't. In that faraway place, no character is created equal. One or two of them get all the breaks; the rest exist to get them to the finish line. Thomas C. Foster