…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...

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...

Being a good mother is being a hero. Right?

No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero

Who are your heroes? Why do you look up to them? Why do we respect those who live and think for themselves as opposed to doing what is expected? We all admire the idea of...

Being a hero, the man had observed, is largely a matter of knowing one’s cues.

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...

Tenacity runs thick in the veins of a villain.

There are no self made heroes or leaders. No matter how rugged or self assured, everyone requires a cast of players – friends, mentors, lovers, critics, villains and supporters – who call, invite, seduce, goad...

A pair of starfighters. Jedi starfighters. Only two.Two is enough.Two is enough because the adults are wrong, and their younglings are right.Though this is the end of the age of heroes, it has saved its...

Our heroes are over there where the white crosses are. We’re survivors over here. None of us are heroes. I don’t think you’ll talk to a man who say we are. You figure a hero...

Heroes make us smile because they not only rescue us outwardly, but inwardly too.

Would you believe in a story without the heroes? There are stories without heroes.

Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes… The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain, and sometimes to postpone death, or at least render it...

Quite, quite,’ she thought with a little sigh. ‘It’s always like this in their adventures. To save and be saved. I wish somebody would write a story sometime about the people who warm up the...

I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.

Heroes are higher than their vulnerability that is why they are heroes.

Future will always remember the heroes, its because of them there exist a future.

A hero is defined by what he or she can do, not by what he or she cannot do.

There will always be trouble so there will always be a time for heroes

See, this is what the United States of America is all about.You can wrestle a thousand bears and chew on a billion knives but in the end, you are only as good as the dude...

My generation must have despair. – Leonard Bernstein Ch 40/Dog Water Free, A Memoir

Name one hero who was happy.

Go ahead, scoff, he said, petulant. Except in the life of a hero, the whole world’s meaningless. The hero sees values beyond what’s possible. That’s the nature of a hero. It kills him, of course,...

There really is power in numbers. In today’s society one has to understand the true power of word of mouth. It’s true that the new tastemakers are us.

Anyone can be a hero, even those who cannot!

What I knew for sure was that he had a quick temper, a cocky attitude, and a southern accent… Apparently he also has a pet cougar.

In the matter of spirit follow the Gods, in the matter of work follow the heroes.

A true hero make people feel like he is part of their family.

Our fathers were demons,’ Catarina said. ‘Our mothers were heroes.

Be careful who you choose as your hero or who you choose to deify, be it Clay Aiken or Barack Obama. You put all you’re hope and all your dreams and all your ideas about...

Well, if you can accept that I’m a great big geeky fangirl, then I guess I can accept that you’re a skeptic and a realist.