Hero Quotes

The world is not fair. That's why it needs heroes. Play fair. Be a hero.

~ Mark Andrew Poe

When we read tales of atrocity, we all want to be the one who stood firm, who would not bend, who shouted the truth in the face of the dictator.Vsevolod Meyerhold came as close as anyone to achieving this. It is important to know of the full horror of his sacrifice. It is easy for all to imagine we are heroes when we are sitting in our kitchens, dreaming of distant suffering.- Symphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad

~ M.t. Anderson

The problem of the hero is to pierce himself (and therewith his world) precisely through that point, to shatter and annihilate that key knot of his limited existence.

~ Joseph Campbell

The life of hero is the tale of a person overcoming personal hardship and obstacles while striving to achieve an exultant victory that voices repressed citizens’ ecstatic thoughts and dreams.

~ Kilroy J. Oldster

Our mother used to say that a hero doesn't always have to slay a dragon to save the day. She swept a lock of hair behind her ear in an honest gesture, then pursed her lips and looked back at him, her gaze endearing. Sometimes he just walks through the fire alongside you, and that's enough.

~ Kristy Cambron

Edilio is in hiding,” Astrid snapped. “Edilio has to worry about being kicked out of the country. Our Edilio.”“He’s got a volunteer lawyer—”But Astrid wasn’t done. “They should be putting up statues to Edilio. They should be naming schools after that boy—no, no, I’m not going to call him a boy. If he’s not a man, then I’ll never meet one.”Lana nodded approvingly, obviously enjoying and sharing in Astrid’s outrage.

~ Michael Grant

Keahi: I didn’t save you, Odette. I won’t take credit for it. You saved yourself, and you saved me.Odete: So am I the princess or the hero?Keahi: I don’t see why the princess can’t be the hero. Princesses are pretty heroic, after all.

~ Tovaley B. Kysel

You will never become a hero if you keep waiting for someone else to bring a cape for you.

~ Akshay Vasu

There is no greater will on earth than the will to survive. These fine people, answering my father's call to arms, had the will in spades and droves. - Lord Tristan Dracanburh, Ethandun

~ Alexandra May

The woman with hair of flames knelt over me. She might have been pretty if not for the anger in every corner of her face. Emerald eyes glowed with almost seeping venom as her nostrils flared. - Lord Tristan Dracanburh, Ethandun

~ Alexandra May

Are you the stuff that hero's are made of? Or are you a jellyfish in a skirt?

~ Cressida Cowell

It was easier to tell a hero from villain when the stakes were only life or death. Everything in between gets harder.

~ Maggie Stiefvater

They [442nd Regimental Combat Team] did more than defend America. They helped define America at its best...Rarely has a nation been so well served by a people it has so ill-treated.

~ #Name?

Kill the heroes and you kill the soul of a nation.

~ Robert Ferrigno

Don't be a bully, don't be meanBe a hero, don't be afraid to be seen.

~ Christina Engela

Sam?”“Yeah.”“I was on the school bus that day. Remember?”“Vaguely,” he said, and laughed. “My fifteen minutes of fame.”“You were the bravest, coolest person I’d ever known. Everyone thought so. You were the hero of the whole school. And then, I don’t know. It was like you kind of just…faded.”He resented that a little. He hadn’t faded. Had he? “Well, most days the bus driver doesn’t have a heart attack,” Sam said.Astrid laughed. “You’re one of those people, I think. You go along in your life just sort of living. And then something goes wrong and there you are. You step up and do what you have to do. Like today, the fire.”“Yeah, well, to tell you the truth, I kind of prefer the other part. The part where I just live my life.”Astrid nodded like she understood, but then she said, “That’s not going to happen this time.

~ Michael Grant

He was a man. Just a man. Yet, you always knew he'd succeed. He made you be what he wanted you to be.

~ Brandon Sanderson

I was just cleaning up my own mess, Baz. Like, no one would call you a hero for cleaning up your own vomit.

~ Rainbow Rowell

The ability to heal does not make one good any more than the ability to kill makes one evil. Kill the right people, and you become a hero. Heal the wrongs ones, and you become a villain. It is our choices that define us, not our abilities

~ Michelle Hodkin

Be a hero, if not for others, then for yourself.

~ Muktinath Vishwakarma

In wartime, everyone loves a soldier, and a wounded hero even more so.

~ Jack Higgins

I'm not a hero for living autistic. I'm a person just like you. Just living my life.

~ Tina J. Richardson

Subtle difference between a hero and an opportunist is not where you stand, but its timing. Standing up against injustice when it suits is convenience, not heroism

~ Faisal Khosa

Being a hero is the easiest way to meet a bullet with your name on it.

~ David Kendall

The symbol of peace cannot be daunted by evil. I smile to show the pressure of heroes and to trick the fear inside of me.

~ Kouhei Horikoshi

For a hero is someone who is selfless. Think about it, friends. Superman, Luke Skywalker, and Captain America. They are helping others. They aren’t only thinking for themselves. They are reaching out beyond themselves.

~ Mark Andrew Poe

I’ll tell you what time it is. It is time to be a hero.

~ Mark Andrew Poe

Heroes don't always have capes, badges or uniforms. Sometimes, they support those who do.

~ Andrea Randall

I was the hero, Roberto De Niro, William Shakespearo! Walking on the beaches, looking at the peaches.

~ Charlie Higson

Don’t wait for anyone to push you up, push yourself up; don’t wait for anyone to pull you up, pull yourself up! Your best hero, your greatest savior is yourself! The candle of your darkness is hidden within you!

~ Mehmet Murat Ildan

Don't you love those crazy Brits?Jumpers for sweaters and spots for zits.And when they want to change their suits,It's in a box, not a booth.Be a hero, make a call.Steepest streets might make you fall.

~ Megan Frazer Blakemore

A block from his hotel, Gary cleared his throat. “I thought you said going back to my room might be dangerou

~ Christine Feehan

Is it like this everywhere you go?” Gary asked. “Pretty much.” Savannah shrugged calmly. “I don’t really mind. Peter always—” She broke off abruptly and brought the steaming cup to her mouth. Gregori could feel sorrow beating at her, a crushing stone weighing down her heart. His hand slipped down her arm to lace his fingers through hers. At once he poured warmth and comfort into her mind, the sensation of his arms around her body, holding her close. “Peter Sanders always took care of the details surrounding Savannah’s shows. He was very good at shielding her. He was murdered after her last show out in San Francisco.” He provided the information quietly to Gary. “I’m sorry,” Gary said instantly, meaning it. Her distress was evident in her large blue eyes. They shimmered with so

~ Christine Feehan

Every man alive is half idiot & half hero. Only heroes could survive in this maelstrom & only idiots would want to.

~ Rex Stout

You might be a hero. I say might because the choice is ultimately yours

~ Lisa Bevere

I just feel like we’re starting to interfere on a level that’s sort of . . . extreme.” “But that’s what heroes do.

~ Seanan Mcguire

Who brings out the champion in you?Those that help you be the hero of your story, keep them close.

~ Tony Curl

Three months before I met you, I was looking for the next thrill, the next party, the next girl. And then I walked in and found you perched in my kitchen like the most beautifully confident creature I'd ever seen, and I knew you'd be a wildfire.

~ R.s Grey

You challenged me from the very beginning and I tried to resist you, but I knew even then that I wasn't going to walk away without you by my side.

~ R.s Grey

So are you saying I’m your Superman?”--- Josh Copeland

~ Dawn Chartier