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Quotations on Heroism

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by Edgar Watson Howe
(May 3, 1853 - October 3, 1937)

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.

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau
(June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778)

How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?

by Jean Anouilh
(June 23, 1910 - October 3, 1987)

Listen, my friend, there are two races of beings. The masses teeming and happy common clay, if you like eating, breeding, working, counting their pennies; people who just live; ...

by Ralph Waldo Emerson
(May 25, 1803 - April 27, 1882)

The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourse ...

by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
(December 21, 1804 - April 19, 1881)

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.

by Aldous Huxley
(July 26, 1894 - November 22, 1963)

What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes ah, they have all the necessary leisure.



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