More quotations tagged with “heroism”
It has become a common feeling, I believe, as we have watched our heroes falling over the years, that our own small stone of activism, which might not seem to measure up to the rugged boulders of heroism we have so admired, is a paltry offering toward the building of an edifice of hope. Many who believe this choose to withhold their offerings out of shame. This is the tragedy of the world. For we can do nothing substantial toward changing our course on the planet, a destructive one, without rousing ourselves, individual by individual, and bringing our small, imperfect stones to the pile.
—Alice Walker
Every hero becomes a bore at last.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everyone's a hero in their own way, in their own not that heroic way.
—Joss Whedon, Zack Whedon, Maurissa Tancharoen, and Jed Whedon
We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story.
—Mary McCarthy