Calculation never made a hero.

Julius Caesar was an aristocrat who sided with the Roman people. He’s not my hero, but he was one of a long line of what we’ll call ‘populares,’ which were popular leaders who tried to...

I think Michael Moore is a hero.

But what’s left on earth that I haven’t tried?” Prince Lír demanded. “I have swum four rivers, each in full flood and none less than a mile wide. I have climbed seven mountains never before...

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.

You know you’re like, my hero, right?

I’ve been involved in one or two successes in classical plays but nothing to touch the excitement and the glamour and the gratification of being a children’s hero for so long.

{The final resolutions at Robert Ingersoll’s funeral, quoted here}Whereas, in the order of nature — that nature which moves with unerring certainty in obedience to fixed laws — Robert G. Ingersoll has gone to that...

I was very pleased with your kind letter. Until now I never dreamed of being something like a hero. But since you’ve given me the nomination I feel that I am one.

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.

There are those who hold first rankers and there are those who are heroes.

I’m really not that good at Guitar Hero!

Here’s to real heroes, not the ones who carry us off into the sunset but the ones who help us choose our princes.” – commentary on Castles on the Sand

Without trials and tribulation, there would be no hero. Without a hero, there would be no story. Without a story, there is no life as life is made up of vignettes of loving, learning and...

I recognized the handwriting, and my heart gave a skip; when I opened it I got a turn, for it began, ‘To my beloved Hector,’ and I thought, by God she’s cheating on me, and...

Harvey Dent: You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

Bass is one of those unsung heroes like Sanders who comes out every night and gives us six, eight, 10 points. We try to give the kids more freedom out there, and they are a...

They want to be heroes; they want to bring back that championship.

You saved me,” Gray repeated firmly to Aric. And then he kissed him.

He was everything I needed because his entire character had been molded by my deepest wants and desires. He was my rock when I cried, my playmate when I laughed, and my hero when I...

The ultimate act of heroism shouldn’t be death.

The Supreme Court judges, they are real heroes today,

There needs not a great soul to make a hero; there needs a god-created soul which will be true to its origin; that will be a great soul!

Dear Diary, the Heroine never cries.

A certain way to have financial security in life is not enough savings, but enough ability.

People have seen too many common people like them, and they are bored by it. They need heroes.

A hero isn’t a hero until he brings the boon back to the tribe.

A hero lives forever for the ones who carry on.

You’re my hero, Rhage.”Ears pricked up, Rhage watched her closely. Anything she said was important to him, and how lovely was that?”I always thought I’d grow up and find my own hero.” Rainie grimaced at...

The fund industry needs heroes. You need star managers to generate interest.

One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life.That word is love.”(Sophocles)by Adam Harford, Duke of Harford,from the last page of “Sophie’s Salvation

I don’t think there’s too much normal out there anymore. Though there’s still plenty of average to go around.

Pat was a real hero, not what they used him as.

Everyone calls him BlockheadNo one sings his praisesOr takes him to heart…That is the kind of personI want to be

We invoke the sacrifices of our fallen heroes in the abstract, but we seldom take time to thank them individually.

Tomorrow you’ll receive your employment contracts. Once you sign those I’m your boss.” When I didn’t answer he said, “That means you act the way I want you to act. That means you shelve your...

My dream is to try to reach as many kids and readers who might need an unlikely hero to connect to.

The hero acts alone, without encouragement, relying solely on conviction and his own inner resources. Shame does not discourage him; neither does obloquy. Indifferent to approval, reputation, wealth, or love, he cherishes only his personal...

You can survive without artistry, but you cannot live without artistry.

Heroes may die but they doesn’t get tired.

I hope they look like heroes and not zeroes and have the lake open on time for this season.

And we took the term ‘impact player’ from the sports field and moved it into the sports and military field. And it’s to honor our wounded heroes and connect them with heroes from the sports...

Maybe I’m not the hero to her I’ve always tried so hard to be, because right now, I feel as if she doesn’t even need a hero. Why would she? She has someone so much...

He smiled at me shyly and took a step closer. I froze, heart pounding, as he put one hand on my cheek and leaned toward me. I swallowed, gazing up at him with what I...

I wiggle my eyebrows. ‘Sorry, Evan, I can’t make out with you while the dog is aligning himself with a magnetic field.

The Last HeroThe wind blew out from Bergen from the dawning to the day,There was a wreck of trees and fall of towers a score of miles away,And drifted like a livid leaf I go...

The destroyer Cork, like the useful hero for whom it is named, will be game to the last.

Sam, there comes a time when the world no longer needs heroes. And then the true hero knows to walk away.

I die without seeing the dawn brighten over my native land. You who have it to see, welcome it … and forget not those who have fallen during the night!

You might think, ‘I’ve got time to follow my dreams.’ You don’t have time. Life is short. The current life expectancy is 24,869 days. While some of us will live more days and some fewer,...