Fyodor Dostoevsky Quotes

A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.

Every man is a hero to his alias.

Then you know that Sam was the true hero of the tale,' Sayna said. 'That he faced far greater and more terrible foes than he ever should have had to face, and did so with courage. That he went alone into a black and terrible land, stormed a dark fortress, and resisted the most terrible temptation of his world for the sake of the friend he loved. That in the end, it was his actions and his actions alone that made it possible for light to overcome darkness.

I like to say I'm not a hero.

For a lot of people, Superman is and has always been America's hero. He stands for what we believe is the best within us: limitless strength tempered by compassion, that can bear adversity and emerge stronger on the other side. He stands for what we all feel we would like to be able to stand for, when standing is hardest.

Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.

I know what real courage is, and I understand true compassion.

Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of tyranny.

And the spirit of Superman is great to have around.

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

You can see how he changed on the surface. But at the core of it all, I think Superman has remained the same - a character with incredible powers but almost superhuman humility and restraint.

What's special about Superman is that he will always make the right choice.

Difficult times often bring out the best in people.

The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do!

What can you say about such a man as Christopher Reeve? He embodied all the best that a human being can hope to be.

Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards, and a third are heroes. Now, a villain and a coward can choose to be a hero, but they've got to make that choice.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Men who have sacrifice their well-being, and even their lives, for the cause of truth or the public good, are, from an empirical point of view -- which scorns virtue and altruism -- regarded as insane or fools; but, from a moral standpoint, they are heroes who do honor to humanity..

In a post-9/11 world, 'Batman' is less about scaring bad people into the shadows than he is about bringing good people out into the light.

Heroism is a matter of choice.

What really makes a hero a hero is if you take that person's hand, and you walk with that person, and they have a lot of weaknesses, but in the end, they overcome all of their obstacles.