Kyle Chandler Quotes

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

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

I am not a hero.

I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand.

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.

I'm not a hero.

I don't think I was a hero. I was just doing my job.

I'm a pansy when compared to the men and women of the United States military.

I was first and foremost a fellow Gamecock and friend before a Medal of Honor recipient.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of the ones you love, people aren't so willing to make those sacrifices. When they do, they are set apart from the rest of us.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

I wish I had more of the hero gene, but I don't think I'd be very good at playing one.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

In great deeds something abides.

I like to say I'm not a hero.

I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not.

I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.

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

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.

Amongst the qualities a hero should have, I would include determination, loyalty, courage, perseverance, patience, focus, intrepidity and selflessness.

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.

Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.