Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Tags: age poetry heroism ulysses
The true secret in being a hero lies in knowing the order of things. The swineherd cannot already be wed to the princess when he embarks on his adventures, nor can the boy knock on the witch's door when she is already away on vacation. The wicked uncle cannot be found out and foiled before he does something wicked. Things must happen when it is time for them to happen. Quests may not simply be abandoned; prophecies may not be left to rot like unpicked fruit; unicorns may go unrescued for a very long time, but not forever. The happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.
Peter S. BeagleTags: heroism narratives quests
These are the times in which a genius would wish to live. It is not in the still calm of life, or the repose of a pacific station, that great characters are formed. The habits of a vigorous mind are formed in contending with difficulties. Great necessities call out great virtues. When a mind is raised, and animated by scenes that engage the heart, then those qualities which would otherwise lay dormant, wake into life and form the character of the hero and the statesman.
Abigail AdamsTags: intelligence carpe-diem genius trial heroism challenge trying-times
Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.
Gerard WayTags: heroism
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.
Tags: heroism
The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.
Umberto EcoNobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero.
Ursula K. Le GuinTags: freedom adventure courage bravery wonder heroism curiousity
I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel.
Florence NightingaleTags: life heroism heroes practicality everyday
Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.
Fred RogersOne part brave, three parts fool!
Christopher PaoliniTags: heroism
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