The life of the hero of the tale is, at the outset, overshadowed by bitter and hopeless struggles; one doubts that the little swineherd will ever be able to vanquish the awful Dragon with the...

Name one hero who was happy.”I considered. Heracles went mad and killed his family; Theseus lost his bride and father; Jason’s children and new wife were murdered by his old; Bellerophon killed the Chimera but...

There is an old saying that there is no country as unhappy as one that need heroes.”(King Pelles the Sure)

In our human imagination, we so often perceive our Heroes to be something larger than life. We exalt them in ways that do them a disservice….we convince ourselves that they are or were something essentially...

We are really so prejudiced by our educations, that, as the ancients deified their heroes, we deify their madmen.

proved” by conformity. They teach others that having a voice is a sign of courage, and they will not stay silent to make people feel comfortable. They are fearless and will do whatever it takes...

For a man who makes his salvation perfect through suffering, is more of a saint and a loving hero of nature.

Targets are achieved sooner out of need, than out of greed.

Heroes give hope.

Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.

All the heroes of tomorrow are the heretics of today.

Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.

Blobfish, the guy who snapped a hamsters neck, myself, the homeless guy who has never thrown a punch (but has killed a fox) and Dickface, the man obsessed with trees and touching himself in public,...

We’re all here. We’re close to the truck, and we met Kenton, a fine citizen of Salem. We rescued Izzy and found our way through a very sad darkness, dangers that we knew from Izzy’s...

What’s the difference? Fill a hundred pits with dead Northmen, congratulations, have a parade! Kill one man in the same uniform as you? A crime. A murder. Worse than despicable. Are we not all men?...

King Arthur was one of my heroes – I played with a trash can lid for a knightly shield and my uncle’s cane for the sword Excalibur.

To quote French author Francois Mauriac, ‘Tell me what you read and I’ll tell you who your are’ is true enough, but I’d know you better if you told me what you reread.

We choose and make our heroes from what we have read, heard and believed in.

Zorro also is part of the bandido tradition, most closely associated with the possibly mythical Joaquin Murrieta and the historical Tiburcio Vasquez. As well as these local California legendary figures, Zorro is an American version...

Dead people can be our heroes because they cant disappoint us later; they only improve over time, as we forget more and more about them.

What does seem to me poisonous, what breeds a type of patriotism that is pernicious if it lasts but not likely to last long in an educated adult, is the perfectly serious indoctrination of the...

Your position may be highly powerful, but you will be a hero only when you are highly respected.

You have worked too long in the life, now its time for heroism.

Of course not. No one is chosen. Not ever. Not in the real world. You chose to climb out of your window and ride on a leopard. You chose to get a witch’s Spoon back,...

Don’t forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you.

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

Jeff Beck is one of my heroes and has been since I first picked up a guitar.

To be heroic may mean nothing more than this then, to stand in the face of the status quo, in the face of an easy collapse into the madness of an increasingly chaotic world and...

Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome.

This story inspires me to contribute with something unique and exciting for my time.

The youth, intoxicated with his admiration of a hero, fails to see, that it is only a projection of his own soul, which he admires.

To all those women — strong enough to be heroes; fair enough to be ladies. This song is for you.

As I stated earlier, I do not believe there is anything inherently wrong with even the most overused elements of epic fantasy. Magic swords, dragons, destined heroes — even dark lords and ultimate evils can...

You might hate a successful person, but you can not hate a true hero.

Sometimes, something of someone is liked too much not because it holds too much value or has a true value, but because there are too many bidders and buyers to have the same thing at...

The real heroes are the librarians and teachers who at no small risk to themselves refuse to lie down and play dead for censors.

Don’t think that what you say fleetingly to one man be harmless. Your fleeting words can travel so fast and so lightly that soon enough they will end up hitting someone so hard that they...

…it takes strength to remember, it takes another kind of strength to forget, it takes a hero to do both. People who remember court madness through pain, the pain of the perpetually recurring death of...

[W]hat people truly desire is access to the knowledge and information that ultimately lead to a better life–the collected wisdom of the ages found only in one place: a well-stocked library.To the teachers and librarians...

Odysseus inclines his head. “True. But fame is a strange thing. Some men gain glory after they die, while others fade. What is admired in one generation is abhorred in another.” He spread his broad...

We are raised to honor all the wrong explorers and discoverers – thieves planting flags, murderers carrying crosses. Let us at last praise the colonizers of dreams.

Dalek: I will talk to the Doctor.The Doctor: Oh will you? That’s nice. Hello!Dalek: The Dalek strategem nears completion. The fleet is almost ready. You will not intervene.The Doctor: Oh really? Why’s that, then?Dalek: We...

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.

On the late afternoon streets, everyone hurries along, going about their own business.Who is the person walking in front of you on the rain-drenched sidewalk?He is covered with an umbrella, and all you can see...

To know how glorious you are, it is only after your death.

If you honor the moments by not wasting them, the Time will honor you back by remembering you as the hero, for the rest of the time to come.

I was just trying to be a very good human, instead I became a hero.

Heroes don’t exist. And if they did, I wouldn’t be one of them.

IT’S NOT THAT ANYONE CAN BE A HERO, BUT THAT A HERO CAN COME FROM ANYWHERE. BUT THE KEY IS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING INSIDE THEM. A SPARK. A SENSE OF MORALITY. A...

Being a good mother is being a hero. Right?