Henrik Ibsen Quotes

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

Americans have a profound longing for heroes - now perhaps more than ever. We need our explorers, our sports icons, our Medal of Freedom winners, our Nobel laureates. We need our Greatest Generation warriors, our 'Sully' Sullenbergers, our Neil Armstrongs. On some level, we still subscribe to the myth of the man in the white hat.

When you fight an invader by whatever means available to you, you are not a terrorist, you are a hero.

They died to save their country, and they only saved the world.

I have come to protect the city. I will drive the British into the sea or perish in the effort.

My heart was filled with gratitude, with thankfulness, and went out in love to all the heroes, the thinkers who gave their lives for the liberty of hand and brain... to all the wise, the good, the brave of every land, whose thoughts and deeds have given freedom to the sons of men. And then I vowed to grasp the torch that they had held, and hold it high, that light might conquer darkness still.

Each time a woman has the courage to act and share her truth, she plants wonderful seeds. Each such seed offers freedom and power to those around her, and in this way we bring the world closer together and closer to peace.

I want to think again of dangerous and noble things. I want to be light and frolicsome. I want to be improbable and beautiful and afraid of nothing as though I had wings.

It is the hero alone, not the coward, who has liberation within his easy reach.

What makes one heroic? - Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope.

My values are not based on violence. My values are based on courage, which you see time and time again in my books. A warrior isn't somebody like Bruce Willis or Arnold Schwarzenegger. A warrior can be any age. A warrior is a person people look up to.

Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand.

Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.

The most obvious inspiration to be brave is that we all feel it: you can't have free expression right now in a very wide range of countries. It takes a lot of guts for writers and journalists in those countries to stand up against repression and do what they do. Russia is a case in point where, as you know, journalists have an embarrassing habit of being killed for their reporting.

It’s a release to know that in spite of everything a premeditated act of courage is still possible.

It is glorious to see such courage in one so young.

History knows no greater display of courage than that shown by the people of the Soviet Union.

Courage is exhilarating.

Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields, See how these names are fêted in the waving grass And by the streamers of the white cloud And whispers of the wind in the listening sky. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's centre. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.

Who amongst us doesn't want to be a hero?

The way out of fear isn’t safety. It’s freedom.

I got to fall in love. I got to win a war. I got to write words that inspired a nation.