Charles Thomson Quotes

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

The greatest gift the hero leaves his race, is to have been a hero.

I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes.

I've really had two heroes in my life. My father and Ronald Reagan.

There are a lot of people who can be classified as heroes and do great things and inspire me.

I think what we're lacking in society, not only in the U.S. but also around the world, is to find heroes once again and to celebrate these kind of people.

People need heroes, in music and every aspect of life.

Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.

As long as mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their destroyers than on their benefactors, the thirst of military glory will ever be the vice of the most exalted characters.

I cannot imagine my life without the example that Nelson Mandela set.

I'm simply saying that heroes are people whose activities, whose attitudes, and whose judgment you just think, 'Wow. That's good. That's right. That's real.'

I passionately believe in heroes, but I think the world has changed its criteria in determining who it describes as a hero.

The men and women who serve in the armed forces are great role models.

Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.

It must have been so impossible to think about it and dare to do that, so they feel compassionate for her. I don't think the movie would work otherwise.

I grew up watching 'Braveheart' and 'Gladiator.' Those are my 'Star Wars.' They have values and traits about them that I wish I had.

Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that he's not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. That's why he inspires people and inspires me.

If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero.

That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.

We all want heroes and we all want somebody to look up to.

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.

My dad was my hero when I was a young boy. And then it's a toss-up between Han Solo, the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby team, and Marlon Brando.

I always see other people as predecessors and admire them.

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

Admiration of great men, living or dead, naturally evokes imitation of them in a greater or less degree.