Norman Mailer Quotes

Being a hero doesn't mean you succeed in saving the day. It just means you tried.

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

What does it mean to be a superhero? We're all fighting for the better good. But, at the same time, I think what stands out is, as superheroes, you don't give up; you don't surrender. I think that's what makes a superhero.

What the Anzac legend did do, by the bravery and sacrifice of our troops, was reinforce our own cultural notions of independence, mateship, and ingenuity. Of resilience and courage in adversity.

Necessity makes heroes of us all.

What makes a hero? Courage, strength, morality, withstanding adversity? Are these the traits that truly show and create a hero? Is the light truly the source of darkness or vice versa? Is the soul a source of hope or despair? Who are these so called heroes and where do they come from? Are their origins in obscurity or in plain sight?

Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others. In dangerous valleys and hazardous pathways, he will lift some bruised and beaten brother to a higher and more noble life.

What makes one heroic? - Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope.

That is why your sacrifice was all the more difficult. You chose to be a hero not through enchantment but through your own manhood.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

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

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

I shall never ask any pilot to go on a mission that I won't go on.

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.

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

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

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.

I have so much respect for people in the service. The mental strength it takes to do what they do is unbelievable.

Great necessities call out great virtues.

I'm off to save the universe again. It's a tough job but someone has to do it, and I'm glad it's me.

On a normal day, we value heroism because it is uncommon. On Sept. 11, we valued heroism because it was everywhere.

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