Jean-Paul Sartre Quotes

Heroism is no extempore work of transient impulse--a rocket rushing fretfully up to disturb the darkness by which, after a moment's insulting radiance, it is ruthlessly swallowed up,--but a steady fire, which darts forth tongues of flame. It is no sparkling epigram of action, but a luminous epic of character.

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.

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

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

It is warm work; and this day may be the last to any of us at a moment. But mark you! I would not be elsewhere for thousands. - at the Battle of Copenhagen.

In great deeds something abides.

Only a few act - the rest of us reap the benefits of their risk.

Tomorrow let us do or die!

And as a child I was filled with passionate admiration for acts of civic courage I had seen performed by an elderly military doctor, who was a friend of my family.

I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.

Courage is action, not talk.

He who has mingled in the fray of duty that the brave endure, must have made foes. If you have none, small is the work that you have done.

Courage is heartworth making itself felt in deeds. It never waits for chances; it makes chances.

I love race car drivers, I love gymnastics, I love UFC, I love police officers, I love firefighters. I just try to give them the same enjoyment they give me.

For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role.

I do what I do because it is the right thing to do. I am a warrior, and it is the way of the warrior to fight superior odds.

Shoot the bad guys and I'll gladly sing a tune for you.

This idle complaining, wishing, and lamenting, and boasting will answer no end. Something must be done! Must be done by you! Therefore instead of assuming the state of patriots and heroes at home, TO ARMS! and away to the field and prove your pretensions sincere. Let the thunder of this imprecation rouse you out of your ease and security...

A moth-eaten rag on a worm-eaten pole, It does not look likely to stir a man's soul. 'Tis the deeds that were done 'neath the moth-eaten rag, When the pole was a staff, and the rag was a flag.

In the many roles I have played in my acting career as military figures, I have simply drawn upon the acts of courage, large and small, I have seen in the men and women with whom I served, and the countless others I met or have come to know through the years.

We need to redefine what a hero looks like.

Valor' is a word we don't commonly hear. People can show courage and bravery confronting many different challenges in life. But 'valor' connotes willingly putting oneself in mortal danger to protect others.

I met lot of fighter pilots and heard their breathtaking experiences. They risk their lives for our well being. Not many understand the risks involved.

If my tale has to revolve around a protagonist and there is action around him, I can only imagine him to be someone from the police or the Army.

But heroes, at times, had to be fools.