Marya Mannes Quotes

A hero usually rises above the ordinary because he or she exemplifies some virtue that everyone can recognize.

It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why superiority has been accorded in humanity not to the sex that brings forth but to that which kills.

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?

Heroes aren't perfect.

Honor modesty more than your life.

I have a theory that selflessness and bravery aren't all that different.

It is much easier to be a hero than a gentleman.

Wherever valor true is found, true modesty will there abound.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

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

These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero.

You shall hear a good account of me or of my death.

Say not that honor is the child of boldness, nor believe thou that the hazard of life alone can pay the price of it: it is not to the action that it is due, but to the manner of performing it.

Real nobility is based on scorn, courage, and profound indifference.

Virtue is the truest nobility.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

What is character? It is that quality of man which is going to make a man, in an hour of strain, do the just and, if possible, the generous thing.

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.

Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.

Honor is the reward of virtue.

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

The world doesn't make any heroes anymore.

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

Virtue is the fount whence honour springs.