#hero

Heroes aren't born, they' re cornered. Oh, I was cornered. And I found out that I was no hero. ↗

— James Belushi

#cornered #found #hero #heroes #i

That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of. ↗

— Sam Raimi

#good #heroic #remind #show #stories

We like our archetypes and heroes to be what they are at face value. And life doesn't work out like that. ↗

— Laura Dern

#face #face value #heroes #life #like

Why do you think I write these feminist songs, to try and teach myself to respect myself. You know, it's not because I'm a hero. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#feminist #hero #i #i write #know

I used to think that the Civil War was our country's greatest tragedy, but I do remember that there were some redeeming features in the Civil War in that there was some spirit of sacrifice and heroism displayed on both sides. I see no redeeming features in Watergate. ↗

— Sam Ervin

#both sides #civil #civil war #country #displayed

Jamie glanced at her notes. "So let's be honest, Jacks, can we? What is the best part of being an Angel? Is it the lifestyle? Is it the parties? The fame? What's your favourite part?" "Just having this chance," he said after considering. "And what chance is that?" Jamie asked. Jacks's blue eyes twinkled. "The chance to be a hero. ↗

— Scott Speer

#hero #lifestyle

I don't know how tall I am or how much I weigh. Because I don't want anybody to know my identity. I'm like a superhero. Call me Basketball Man. ↗

— LeBron James

#anybody #basketball #because #call #how

Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all. ↗

— Gerald W. Johnson

#demand #heroes #materials #none #out

The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers. ↗

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

#bold #both #conquers #difficulties #diminishes

There's soldiers out there every day that are doing heroic things... We don't need to create them. ↗

— Jessica Lynch

#day #doing #every #every day #heroic