Heroic Qualities Quotes

Villains are undone by what is worst in them, heroes by what is best.

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

Astronauts are inherently insane. And really noble.

We wanted to talk about death in the DC Universe, and how some people go to get a pass and come back, and some people didn't. That opened up a whole other topic about legacy. We wanted to talk about what was required to be a hero, what were the elements of true heroism?

I do not believe that I am made of the stuff which constitutes heroes, because, in all of the hundreds of instances that my voluntary acts have placed me face to face with death, I cannot recall a single one where any alternative step to that I took occurred to me until many hours later.

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

I shall never again admire a merely brave man.

We all have this idea of Ram being a patient person besides being a great archer, a horse-rider, and above all, a compassionate king. There is more to him than that.

Kobe always tried to be a hero. But you know, as the saying goes, a hero ain't nothing but a sandwich.

Part of what we want to do with the Heroic Imagination Project is to get kids to think about what it means to be a hero. The most basic concept of a hero is socially constructed: It differs from culture to culture and changes over time. Think of Christopher Columbus. Until recently, he was a hero. Now he's a genocidal murderer! If he were alive today, he'd say, "What happened? I used to be a hero, and now people are throwing tomatoes at me!

Really, the arc for the first season of 'Luke Cage' is 'hero.' How does one become a hero? What does one feel about being a hero? How does one live their life and eventually go through the Elizabeth Kubler-Ross stages of grief until the acceptance is, 'Fine, I'm a hero.' This is what it is.

No hero is above fear, Percy. And you have risen above every hero. - Poseidon

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

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

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.

This lack of imagination gives his heroism to the hero.

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

Wonder Woman is not horrible. Her villains should be.

Heroes, classical heroes have the look of eagles, too. They're looking beyond the immediate problem and into the future.

What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.

I think it's more fun to play a hero with an edge.

Anyone can be a hero. You just have to have faith in yourself.

A noble type of good. Heroic womanhood.