Quotes about Heroism

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

You might be a hero. I say might because the choice is ultimately yours

I have prayed with the families and wept at the funerals of Hoosiers who did not shrink from 9-11 but grew into heroes whose names will forever be engraved in the heart of a grateful nation.

In brightest day, in blackest night,No evil shall escape my sight.Let those who worship evil's mightBeware my power, Green Lantern's light!

He saved others; himself he cannot save.

Mighty men of valor.

Their bodies are buried in peace; but their name liveth for evermore.

Firefighting - one of the few professions left that still makes house calls.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

He who joyfully marches to music rank and file, has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would surely suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, how violently I hate all this, how despicable and ignoble war is; I would rather be torn to shreds than be a part of so base an action. It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.

I would wonder if you could be a hero or heroine if you did not live in deep time, that is, Past, present, and future all at once.

whatever that takes, and then has plenty left over for others. True heroism serves the common good, or it is not really heroism at all.