Rollo May Quotes

Heroes have always served as a reflection of their times, a template of who we are and what we want to be.

A nation without heroes is nothing.

I teethed on books of heroes such as Winston Churchill, Abraham Lincoln and King David.

At first, I had this huge desire to play a superhero, that little kid in me. Then I realized it wasn't actually a superhero I wanted to play: it was someone fighting for a cause that's bigger than themselves, which can go into all sorts of things.

If you can tell me who your heroes are, I can tell you how you're going to turn out in life.

You can tell a lot about a person by who his or her heroes are.

Super-heroes were created to represent the best in all of us. We should aspire to match their nobility, not their ability to shoot big chrome guns.

I have no role models. Many heroes. I have an enormous capacity for hero worship.

I've been asked before, "Who are your heroes?" and these types of questions. I always find it hard to identify a single person or a single book or this sort of thing. I've always been forward looking. I was raised with the notion that you can do pretty much anything you want. You're able to accomplish anything you set out to accomplish. I was given a sense of confidence and I never really felt the need to - or I've never had the benefit, I should probably say - of being inspired by outside heroes.

It's not just children who need heroes.

Every generation has to find their own heroes.

I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.

Most of my ideals and stuff really come from my mother.

I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes.

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

I think what we're lacking in society, not only in the U.S. but also around the world, is to find heroes once again and to celebrate these kind of people.

Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.

Ordinary people need extraordinary examples.

What we usually do to great men and women is relegate them to homogenised heroism. Their words and actions become soundbites and images in a way that gives us an excuse not to act bravely in our own lives.

I do think we need heroes. It gives people hope and an example to follow.

I've patterned myself after my musical heroes.

People will tell you for years whatever you have to say isn't important at all. So when you have someone who breaks the mold and speaks up - and you see and identify with that - they become your hero.

Just remember, you're never too old to have a hero.

The Purple Man helps Matt understand that his powers are unique, and maybe he is cut out for the hero biz after all. And Mr. Fear challenges Daredevil's very philosophy; how does a Man Without Fear deal with a man who induces terror in everyone he meets?

I am just tired of writing about heroes that we're dragging down to our level, and I want to write about heroes that we want to be.