A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. (Quote by - Joseph Campbell)

Every hero becomes a bore at last. (Quote by - Ralph Waldo Emerson)

The greatest height of heroism to which an individual, like a people, can attain is to know how to face ridicule (Quote by - Miguel de Unamuno)

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism Bordering on insanity. (Quote by - Richard Thompson)

A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests. (Quote by - Aristide Briand)

The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict. (Quote by - Andrew Bernstein)

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few. (Quote by - Winston Churchill)

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer. (Quote by - Novalis)

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. (Quote by - Arthur Ashe)

The world's battlefields have been in the heart chiefly; more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history (Quote by - Henry Ward Beecher)

It's true that heroes are inspiring, but mustn't they also do some rescuing if they are to be worthy of their name? Would Wonder Woman matter if she only sent commiserating telegrams to the distressed? (Quote by - Jeanette Winterson)

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die. (Quote by - Will Rogers)

Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials. (Quote by - Gerald W. Johnson)

Don't be so humble. You're not that great. (Quote by - Golda Meir)

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)

A hero is someone we can admire without apology. (Quote by - Kitty Kelley)

A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success (Quote by - Miguel de Unamuno)

The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it They classified it as merely an accident. (Quote by - Kathryn Bigelow)

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker. (Quote by - Helen Keller)

And each man stands with his face in the light of his own drawn sword. Ready to do what a hero can. (Quote by - Elizabeth Barrett Browning)

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they've been at other times. (Quote by - Angus Wilson)

It is said that no man is a hero to his valet. That is because a hero can be recognized only by a hero. (Quote by - Goethe)

I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides I see no redeeming features in Watergate. (Quote by - Sam Ervin)

True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason. (Quote by - Alfred North Whitehead)

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one. (Quote by - H. L. Mencken)