Munira Mirza Quotes

Heroes aren't perfect.

You cannot throw words like heroism and sacrifice and nobility and honor away without abandoning the qualities they express.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills.

These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

You shall hear a good account of me or of my death.

People aren't universally heroic.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.

The bravery shown by Azza Suleiman who dared to stand up for another woman who was being beaten, and paid a heavy price in doing so, is both awe-inspiring and humbling.

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

I'm simply saying that heroes are people whose activities, whose attitudes, and whose judgment you just think, 'Wow. That's good. That's right. That's real.'

Perfect valour consists in doing without witnesses that which we would be capable of doing before everyone.

We need to redefine what a hero looks like.

Chris Kyle was a human being, a Texan, Navy SEAL, father, husband, brother, friends to many, and a hero to many; this, at a time when we need all the heroes we can get. I knew him to be a good person, regardless of all the hype floating around in the media.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.