Hero Quotes
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There's a lot of mythological stories you can tell. There's not just one. I appreciate all of those different kinds, but what I was personally missing was grand, classic, true-north hero. Pure and simple emotion, and also aiming for big time emotion, like love story as well, in a very sincere way. Like 'Superman: The Movie' had done for me.
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But when I call for a hero, out comes my lazy old self; so I never know who I am, nor how many I am or will be. I'd love to be able to touch a bell and summon the real me, because if I really need myself, I mustn't disappear.
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[ Jonathan] Edwards is one of my heroes. I've learned much from him over the years.
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Clint Eastwood has always been a hero.
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'The Red' is the first book in a trilogy that gained a big following as a self-published e-book, and is now out in paper from Saga. It introduces us to reluctant hero Shelley, a former anti-war activist who chooses to join the military rather than serve jail time after being arrested at a protest.
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I have always been a friend to hero-worship; it is the only rational one, and has always been in use amongst civilized people.
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I was the hero of the young insurgent working class art movement.
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Just another lonely broken hero picking up the pieces of my mind. Running out of faith and hope and reason, I'm running out of time.
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Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.
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God is preparing his heroes; and when the opportunity comes, he can fit them into their places in a moment, and the world will wonder where they came from.
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I wear a bracelet bearing the name of a fallen hero, Matthew Stanley, which his mother, Lynn, gave me in 2007, at a town hall meeting in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. His memory and the memory of our great leaders deserve better from me.
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I didn't set out to be a regular hero.
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Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero.
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I think Aquaman feels - and deservedly so - like an A-list, premier DC hero. I hope that carries on; it certainly will carry over to Justice League.
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There are certain things I couldn't write because they're not intrinsic to my beliefs. For instance, I couldn't write a hero or heroine who didn't put children first.
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I grew up in Canada and was a huge Spider-Man fan, and never thought of Spider-Man as an American hero.
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Oliver Sacks remains my hero to this day. He was one of the first medical writers I read. The other was Lewis Thomas, who is no longer alive but is just heroic to me.
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I feel like life is much greater than a hero or a villain: there's good people that sometimes make mistakes.
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Ronnie didn’t want to show anything positive about my dad. He didn’t want to show he was a hero. ‘Jimmy Braddock was a great guy,’ my father always said. But you don’t build him up as the hero of the downtrodden by bringing my dad down.
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I would dream of being a pro skater, but I never dreamt I'd be discovered by Lance Mountain and Stacey Peralta, who were two major heroes of mine, and be asked to skate for that team and be a part of their company.
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Alpha heroes, even uberalpha heroes, still win readers' hearts. I like a masterful hero myself, but I also enjoy the idea that sometimes the heroine can be in charge.
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Mugabe's become a disgrace to Africa. And I must say this because I am an African and a lot of us looked up to him back in the 1980s when he was the liberation hero. But he's now turned himself into a murderous despot.
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Mubarak came to power as a hero who fought bravely in Egypt's wars and headed the nation's air force.
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I am deeply saddened to hear about the passing of one of my all time heroes, George Jones. Georges' music was real and he was able to touch thousands through his songs. Not only was he a great singer, but he also had the ability to make you relate to every one of his songs, no matter who you are. He and his music will remain timeless in the world of country music. My thoughts and prayers are with his family through this difficult time.
