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To Be A Hero Quotes

Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king--every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone.
Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.
- Lloyd Alexander

So be it. Long ago I yearned to be a hero without knowing, in truth, what a hero was. Now, perhaps, I understand it a little better. A grower of turnips or a shaper of clay, a Commot farmer or a king - every man is a hero if he strives more for others than for himself alone. Once you told me that the seeking counts more than the finding. So, too, must the striving count more than the gain.
- Lloyd Alexander

I was in the neighborhood," he said, answering the question I was about to ask. His lips twitched. "You know, wandering around, trying to be a hero.
- Brodi Ashton

I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
- Mackenzie Astin

But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.
- Jane Austen

It is very difficult to be a hero without an audience, although, in a sense, we are each the hero of a peculiar, half-ruined film called our life.
- Sebastian Barry

All I wanted to do was be a hero... But do I ever get to be a hero? All I ever get to be is the stupid goat!"
"Don't be discouraged, Charlie Brown... In this life we live, there are always some bitter pills to be swallowed..."
"If it's all the same with you, I'd rather not renew my perscription!
- Charles M Schulz

I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.
- Boris Becker

No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
- Samuel Johnson

Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
- Samuel Johnson

I just want one person I can rescue and I want one person who needs me. Who can't live without me. I want to be a hero, but not just one time.
- Chuck Palahniuk

A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
- C J Cherryh

When the moment comes, will you take your chance to be a hero?
- Eoin Colfer

Bah! You want to hear the vilest thing a man's done and you want him to be a hero at the same time!
- Fyodor Dostoyevsky

LAST NITE I HAD A DREAM. NOW I KNOW FOUR THINGS. I KNOW THAT MY VOICE DOESN'T CHANGE BUT I STILL DON'T KNOW WHY. I KNOW THAT I AM GOD'S INSTRUMENT. I KNOW WHEN I'M GOING TO DIE AND NOW A DREAM HAS SHOWN ME HOW I'M GOING TO DIE. I'M GOING TO BE A HERO! I TRUST THAT GOD WILL HELP ME, BECAUSE WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO LOOKS VERY HARD.
- John Irving

I had to give him props, but how annoying of him to be a hero when I was trying so hard to dislike him. It was downright selfish.
- James Patterson

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.
- Baltasar Gracian

You don't have to be a hero to accomplish great things---to compete. You can just be an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated to reach challenging goals.
- Edmund Hillary

It seems to me now that the plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.
- Nick Hornby

The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance poet to experience extremity. You just have to love someone.
- Nick Hornby

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.
- E W Howe

I don't think I will get married," Polly said as she stood up. "I'm going to train to be a hero instead.
- Diana Wynne Jones

That was one of the things that interested me about the character. He doesn't want to be a hero, and has no real desire to save the earth or discover aliens. He's sniffing around looking to see what will fall in his lap.
- Orlando Jones

I didn't ask to be a hero, but I guess I have become one in the Christian community. So I accept it. But if I'm wrong about this, I guess I'll become a bum.
- Hal Lindsey

You only need to make one big score in finance to be a hero forever.
- Merton Miller

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

It's very uncomfortable to be a hero, Joel, and you don't have the figure for it.
- Ayn Rand

Jamie glanced at her notes. "So let's be honest, Jacks, can we? What is the best part of being an Angel? Is it the lifestyle? Is it the parties? The fame? What's your favourite part?"
"Just having this chance," he said after considering.
"And what chance is that?" Jamie asked.
Jacks's blue eyes twinkled. "The chance to be a hero.
- Scott Speer

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