Malachi Kirby Quotes

Nothing in life is more exhilarating than fighting for something larger than you.

A superhero is someone who, at some point or in some way, inspires hope or is the enemy of cynicism.

There are a lot of people who can be classified as heroes and do great things and inspire me.

Superheroes are the best of us. Never mind all those powers or the crazy costumes. The heart of a superhero is meant to inspire.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

Look, I would say that anyone who does this work and doesn't have a strain of idealism is an adrenaline junkie or completely narcissistic. There is no other justification. You're risking your life, and if anything happens, it's our families who suffer tremendously.

A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.

There was a time when I thought I was doing a good thing with good guys for a good cause. Looking back, I think I really wanted to be a warrior.

I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that most people don't and we want to change - I want to democratise heroism to say any of us can be a hero.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

All of us want to be Superman when we grow up, fighting for truth and justice. That's part of what drives me as a writer.

We all have to find a cause we believe in and pursue it. Sometimes it may cost you your job, your personal life, your love life, etc.

I think that we want to believe in Superman.

You have to stand for something bigger than yourself.

I think if I could be any superhero, it'd probably be my mom... but I don't think I'd look too good in high heels, so it's not gonna happen.

Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever.

I know I want to help people and inspire people. That's my purpose in life.

But on the other hand, in the midst of the chaos, you find normal people. You find people who are willing to risk their lives to tell you what they saw, even though they have no dog in the fight.

Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

I find it incredibly romantic that people should fight for a cause they believe in and be prepared to die for it.

People aren't universally heroic.

You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

You can see how he changed on the surface. But at the core of it all, I think Superman has remained the same - a character with incredible powers but almost superhuman humility and restraint.

What's special about Superman is that he will always make the right choice.