Nicholas Winton Quotes

I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.

Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.

My wife Lorrie actually looked in the dictionary to see what the definition was of heroism because it had been used so much. She found at least one definition is someone who chooses to put themselves at risk to save another.

Courage in danger is half the battle.

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.

Look, I would say that anyone who does this work and doesn't have a strain of idealism is an adrenaline junkie or completely narcissistic. There is no other justification. You're risking your life, and if anything happens, it's our families who suffer tremendously.

I like to say I'm not a hero.

I am not a hero.

You know, I'm no different from a fireman. You got to run into a fire no matter how big the blaze is.

Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

The bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet notwithstanding, go out to meet it.

I think it is rather heroic to go into a war zone where everyone is trying to kill you, and you have no way of shooting back.

Brave people are the firemen who run into the burning building. That's brave.

A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.

There is nothing more noble than putting yourself in the line of fire to save a life.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.

Choose bravery but not bravado.

I am always in front, and in time of battle am never behind.

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

I'm not, like, an action-hero guy.

I'm not a hero.

I mean, I'm no superhero.

Every Medal of Valor recipient has confronted life-threatening danger. Each had their fight-or-flight moment. But each one stood their ground for our safety. We hold them up as examples to other first responders - and to all Americans.