Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes

Heroes are very human, most of them; very easily touched by praise.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

There are no heroes in a world where heroes can’t die.

All of us are like locks. No matter how strong the bolt, there’s always a key out there that opens it.

No hero is above fear.

Humans don't exist on the same level as immortals. They can't even be hurt by our weapons. But you,Percy - you are part god,part human.You live in both worlds.You can be harmed by both,and you can affect both. That's what makes heroes so special.

No one wants to see a hero have to pick up his cane to hit someone, but I'm still quite fit enough to fake it.

Presumption is our natural and original malady. The most vulnerable and frail of all creatures is man, and at the same time the most arrogant.

A post-9/11, modern take being Batman training people to be the heroes they know they can be on their own.

Heroes, well, they don't live so long. But they're muy suave, and we all admire them.

Heroes like you always have a weak spot. We just have to find it, and then we can kill you. Won't that be lovely? Have a cheese 'n' Wiener!

Soon,” said the crackling voice of the flame, coming from behind him, “they will fall. Soon they will fall and the star people will meet the earth people. There will be heroes among them, and men who will slay monsters and bring knowledge, but none of them will be gods. This is a poor place for gods.

Nothing is what it seems on the surface of Heroes.

Shame, isn’t it? That we only like our heroes out in the street when they are looking their best and their uniforms are ‘spit and polished,’ and not when they’re showing us the wounds they suffered on our behalf.

Heroes are people who face down their fears. It is that simple.

Like all real heroes, Charley had a fatal flaw. He refused to believe that he had gonorrhea, whereas the truth was that he did.

I can never be the hero now. You have to be young and all that stuff. I used to be the hero.

Men of real talents in Arms have commonly approved themselves patrons of the liberal arts and friends to the poets, of their own as well as former times. In some instances by acting reciprocally, heroes have made poets, and poets heroes.

I wish heroes didn't exist. Whenever we need a hero, it's because there's a problem that needs to be solved; it's because two groups of people, or two countries, are hurting one another, so a hero is needed to save us. If everyone were at peace, if everyone were happy, why would we need heroes? The world is better off without heroes.

A hero in one age will be a hero in another.

I think that there are just people who are hurting other people, sometimes for the best of intentions and sometimes for the worst. In different times in my life, I've been the hero and I've been the villain. I also think that we're all evil sometimes.

Unfortunate the country that needs heroes!

For who so firm that cannot be seduced?

We would make our heroes shallow.... We would make them brittle. It is they who must remind us of the true meaning of strength.

It's fair to say that, by 'X-Men 3,' Wolverine had gone a little soft, and I agree with them there. What fans love about Wolverine is his more uncompromising approach to life. He is who he is. He's not always a nice guy. He has got edge. He's an anti-hero. And, there's also a vulnerability in there. There is conflict and battles going on in there.