Irena Sendler Quotes

I had to give him props, but how annoying of him to be a hero when I was trying so hard to dislike him. It was downright selfish.

I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

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

This whole huddle thing really pisses me off.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

This thing of being a hero, about the main thing to it is to know when to die.

It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

Any man and woman, and I've been on the record, any man or woman who wears the uniform and serves this country is a hero. I've said that repeatedly at all the town halls I've had.

I like to say I'm not a hero.

It's those damn critics again.

I am not a hero.

For one thing, I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as 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.

I admire the military. I guess in a world of villains and heroes, they're my heroes. Their dedication, their commitment, their discipline, their code of ethics.

This person they make me out to be irritates the hell out of me as well.

I've eaten things that didn't complain this much.

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

It's taken some getting used to, that my father actually is a hero.

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.

I was a big fan of Indiana Jones; then I realized he was kind of a fake hero. The real heroes are the people who work hard and do their stuff right, like firefighters and policemen.

My mother is the bravest human being I've ever come across.

It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle.

I have gone through so many examinations of what a hero is, between the World War II stuff and the astronaut stuff.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.