Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Running Quotes, Hero Quotes

A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.

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If a man wishes to become a hero, then the serpent must first become a dragon: otherwise he lacks his proper enemy.

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The real test of compassion is not what we say in abstract discussions but how we conduct ourselves in daily life.

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O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to roll.

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The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.

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Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical.

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I'd rather die for speaking out, than to live and be silent.

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There is no king or sovereign state That can fix a hero's rate; Each to all is venerable.

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To harbor spiteful feelings against ordinary people for not being heroes is possible only for narrow-minded or embittered man.

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Our heroes are men who do things which we recognize, with regret, and sometimes with a secret shame, that we cannot do.

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The god or hero of the sculptor is always represented in a transition from that which is representable to the senses, to that which is not.

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... it is a welcome symptom in an age which is commonly denounced as materialistic, that it makes heroes of men whose goals lie wholly in the intellectual and moral sphere.

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As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary.

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One of the thing about being President - that can't be taught, you have to experience, is - there is the sheer weight of decision making. And when I make a decision to send 17,000 young Americans to Afghanistan - you can understand that intellectually. But understanding what that means for those families, for those young people - when you end up sitting at your desk, signing - a condolence letter to one of the family members of a fallen hero - you're reminded each and every day, at every moment, that - the decisions you make count.

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Ralph Nader is a hero. I know Ralph, and I call him up occasionally. He's helped me out on a couple of occasions when I've given speeches to corporations where he'd have a good... He'd give me some good information.

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Heroes are made in the hour of defeat

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My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.

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I shall not want Honor in Heaven For I shall meet Sir Philip Sidney And have talk with Coriolanus And other heroes of that kidney.

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You are lucky in life if you have the right heroes. I advise all of you, to the extent you can, to pick out a few heroes

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I sing, not arms and the hero, but the philosophic man: he who seeks in contemplation to discover the inner will of the world, ininvention to discover the means of fulfilling that will, and in action to do that will by the so-discovered means.

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