Lev Grossman Quotes

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

I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.

Who amongst us doesn't want to be a hero?

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

I like to say I'm not a hero.

Every man is a hero to his alias.

No doubt Jean Bart does not talk like you, but who of you could act like Jean Bart?

If you want to be a hero, you've got to take hero shots.

The words used to describe the heroes of D-Day are not the current lexicon we tend to use for success. Humble, selfless, brave. Those are not words we attach in 2019 to superstars.

What we need now are heroes and heroines, about a million of them, one brave deed is worth a thousand books. Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

Heroes are Ordinary People whose social action is Extra-Ordinary/ who ACT when others are passive, who give up EGO-centrism for SOCIO-centrism.

As I see it, part of the art of being a hero is knowing when you don't need to be one anymore.

Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.

All actual heroes are essential men, And all men possible heroes.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

It's when you're acting selflessly that you are at your bravest." --Four in Divergent

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.

It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Any man and woman, and I've been on the record, any man or woman who wears the uniform and serves this country is a hero. I've said that repeatedly at all the town halls I've had.

I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.

My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.

No hero is mortal till he dies.