Richard Lamm Quotes

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.

I'd like to rescue people in trouble, like Superman.

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

We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid down their lives to save others, including almost certainly those of us in the U.S. Capitol.

The only reason anyone ever called me a hero is because I get this paper, here.

Freemen, to the rescue!

The greatest gift the hero leaves his race, is to have been a hero.

Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.

In terms of people who we call heroes - and I don't tend to like that term, and firefighters don't consider themselves heroes - but if you look at their job description, they are. Their job is to straight up save people.

Heroes come along when you need them.

In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of the ones you love, people aren't so willing to make those sacrifices. When they do, they are set apart from the rest of us.

A hero is a man who does what he can.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors.

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

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

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

Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.

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.

Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.