Boris Becker Quotes

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

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

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.

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

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

I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of others. No man can be greater than the one who meets death face to face, and yet will not shrink from what he believes to be his highest duty.

I sometimes wish I were suffering in a good cause, or risking my life for the good of others, instead of just being a gravely endangered patient.

A man must be willing to die for justice. Death is an inescapable reality and men die daily, but good deeds live forever.

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

For months people have been begging me to come here for this Kamikaze operation. We will die well. The fact that we are taking a role in a great moment is history is a great honor.

If you want to be a hero, you've got to take hero shots.

I like nothing more than a character sacrificing himself or herself for the sake of others. That's drama at its finest for me.

I jumped on the grenade that was thrown at myself and my friend. I don't recommend it.

I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.

Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.

If we could be heroes, if just for one day.

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

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.

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

There's a scene I particularly like in 'Betrayed' where Shane has been shot in the side. Yet he drives to a small airport, checks out the Rockfort plane and flies himself and Elena to safety. Only when he knows they are out of danger does he allow himself to sit down on the couch and admit he's injured - to a horrified Elena.

Your determination, selflessness and courage have brought the freedom struggle towards its fulfilment.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.