Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials, or none at all. —Gerald W. Johnson More about this quote Tags: heroism myth popularity hero worship Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
At the boy's level, hero worship gravitates toward the doer of spectacular deeds; on the average adult level, toward the wielder of power; and in the eyes of a more critical judgment, toward idealism and moral qualities. —Dixon Wecter More about this quote Tags: power heroism morality worship idealism hero worship Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To say that there is a case for heroes is not to say that there is a case for hero worship. The surrender of decision, the unquestioning submission to leadership, the prostration of the average man before the Great Man — these are the diseases of heroism, and they are fatal to human dignity. . . . History amply shows that it is possible to have heroes without turning them into gods. And history shows, too, that when a society, in flight from hero worship, decides to do without great men at all, it gets into troubles of its own. —Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. More about this quote Tags: history society heroism dignity leadership surrender decision submission hero worship Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email