Howard Hodgkin Quotes

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

I don't feel particularly courageous.

I am not a hero.

People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.

I'm not brave at all.

I do not say that, when brought to the test, I shall be invincible.

I'm definitely not a fearless individual.

I'm not really tough.

I never think of myself as a heroine.

I don't think I am hero material.

I'd rather not be called 'brave.'

It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.

I think I'm smart, and I know I was a good mom. But there wasn't a lot I could point to and say, that's why I'm special.

One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.

Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.

Even the pluckiest among us has but seldom the courage of what he really knows.

I think no virtue goes with size;The reason of all cowardiceIs, that men are overgrown,And, to be valiant, must come downTo the titmouse dimension.

Am I a hero? I really can't say, but yes.

I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary acts have placed me face to face with death, I cannot recall a single one where any alternative step to that I took occurred to me until many hours later.

I mean, I'm no superhero.

I don't have it in my personality to be frightened of things.

Humility is important.

I have the heart of lion.

I'm not brave. Far from it.

I don't think I was a hero. I was just doing my job.