To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self. Charles Horton Cooley
Be your own hero, it’s cheaper than a movie ticket. Doug Horton
The most heroic word in all languages is revolution. Eugene Debs
It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes. Louis Pasteur
By hero, we tend to mean a heightened man who, more than other men, possesses qualities of courage, loyalty, resourcefulness, charisma, above all, selflessness. He is an example of right behavior; the sort of man who risks his life to protect his society’s values, sacrificing his personal needs for those of the community. Paul Zweig
I’m a hero wid coward’s legs, I’m a hero from the waist up. Spike Milligan
Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom. Herbert Spencer
It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes. Louis Kossuth
You cannot be a hero without being a coward. George Bernard Shaw
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. Umberto Eco
I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. Bob Dylan
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed. Nathaniel Hawthorne