heroism

Ezra Pound - idiosyncrasy on a monument.

One murder makes a villain millions a hero.

All these were honoured in their generations and were the glory of their times.

One of the forms of psychological heroism is the willingness to tolerate anxiety and uncertainty in the pursuit of our values - whether these values be work goals the love of another human being the raising of a family or personal growth.

A hero is a man who stands up manfully against his father and in the end victoriously overcomes him.

This thing of being a hero about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

Play the man Master Ridley we shall this day light such a candle by God's grace in England as I trust shall never be put out.

Don't be so humble. You're not that great.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man but he is brave five minutes longer.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

When the heroes go off the stage the clowns come on.

Heroes are created by popular demand sometimes out of the scantiest materials . . . such as the apple that William Tell never shot the ride that Paul Revere never finished the flag that Barbara Frietchie never waved.

Martyrdom - the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.

Every hero becomes a bore at last.

If a man hasn't discovered something that he will die for he isn't fit to live.

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness.

If the only one who can kill an angel can__ do it, then who can?_ It__ a good question, one that takes me a minute to come up with an answer. __badiah West can. Him and his freedom fighters. I__ just a teenager.___istory is filled with teenagers who lead the fight. Joan of Arc. Okita Soji, the samurai. Alexander the Great. They were all teenagers when they began leading their armies. I think we__e back to those times again, kid.

We're our own heroes.