Joseph Campbell Quotes

We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world.

What's a hero if not for its journey.

I think it's always the moments that are the trials that end up making you become a hero in the end. You're not a hero unless you've gone through the trials. And it makes these moments so much sweeter, so much better. I don't believe in 'deserved,' but I might believe in 'earned.'

Necessity makes heroes of us all.

Only a fool is never afraid, Frank. Heroes are the people who carry on despite their fear, because they know the job’s got to get done

A truley heroic way of life lies in squarely confronting and courageously overcoming the pounding vicissitudes that life always throws in our paths

Adversity creates heroes.

Life moves on, whether we act as cowards or heroes.

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

Some of the bravest and the best men of all the world, certainly in law enforcement, have made their contributions while they were undercover.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.

Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Here's to the pilot that weathered the storm.

Trials teach us what we are; they dig up the soil, and let us see what we are made of.

It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

Yield not to calamity, but face her boldly.

History and experience tell us that moral progress comes not in comfortable and complacent times, but out of trial and confusion.

I read the 'Harry Potter' books as I was writing my own books, and I love them, but I don't think Harry was very much like I was as a kid. He's always brave, and he's perfect in a lot of ways.

The pioneers get all the arrows.

Spiderman is the underdog, and I love underdogs.

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

Everyone has faced something; some struggles are more heroic than others.