Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.
John SteinbeckTags: greatness victory triumph defeat heroic
I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down.
John SteinbeckTags: acknowledgement heroic knights ups-and-downs
What a great thing, to be loved! What a greater thing still, to love! The heart becomes heroic though passion…if no one loved, the sun would go out.
Victor HugoFind something useful to do with your morning,' she thought to him as she neared her chambers. 'Do something heroic in front of an audience. Knock a child into a river while no one's looking and then rescue him.
Kristin CashoreTags: humor heroic po bitterblue
I was very pleased with your kind letter. Until now I never dreamed of being something like a hero. But since you've given me the nomination I feel that I am one.
Albert EinsteinTags: children admiration letter hero correspondence compliment heroic
I’d once again see that bob of blonde hair back on my pillow, that pink hot smile beaming toward me as I heroically win her heart in some kind of Count of Monte Cristo or Great Gatsby-esque gesture… you know minus the long imprisonment or swimming pool death!
Tom ConradTags: love heroes obsession apocalypse gatsby zombies end-of-the-world heroic anti-love infected twisted-love
Someone heroic and valiant, not merely skilled in speech; someone who is kind and pure in heart. Someone who does not play with white roses that belong to others.
Sarah MallyTags: christianity speech roses purity heroic godly-men
Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother’s elder brother.
J.R.R. TolkienTags: life death charity heroic
Dying in the line of duty is heroic, but dying while unemployed is just stupid.
Tsugumi OhbaTags: dying heroic unemployed
Nothing makes a man feel more heroic than lying on the floor while his wife captures a criminal with a poinsettia
Margaret ScherfTags: heroic
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