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  • Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one's role in society, and the relation between the two.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alan Hirsch Quotes , Believe Quotes , Hero Quotes
  • So it was that the war in the air began. Men rode upon the whirlwind that night and slew and fell like archangels. The sky rained heroes upon the astonished earth. Surely the last fights of mankind were the best. What was the heavy pounding of your Homeric swordsmen, what was the creaking charge of chariots, besides this swift rush, this crash, this giddy triumph, this headlong sweep to death?
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : H. G. Wells Quotes , War Quotes , Hero Quotes
  • To be human is to have one's little modicum of romance secreted away in one's composition. One never ceases to make a hero of one's self, (in private,) during life, but only alters the style of heroism from time to time as the drifting years belittle certain gods of his admiration and raise up others in their stead.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Hero Quotes , Self Quotes
  • That is why embittered people find heroes and madmen a perennial source of fascination, for they have no fear of life or death. Both heroes and madmen are indifferent to danger and will forge ahead regardless of what other people say.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Paulo Coelho Quotes , Hero Quotes , People Quotes