War is hell, but sometimes in the midst of that hell men do things that heaven itself must be proud of. A hand grenade is hurled into a group of men. One of the men throws himself on top of it, making his body a living shield. In the burst of wild fire he dies, and the others live. Heroism is only a word, often a phony one. This is an action for which there is no good word because we can hardly even imagine it, let alone give it its proper name. Very literally, one man takes death into his bowels, takes fire into his own sweet flesh, so that the other men can take life, some of them men he hardly knows.
Frederick BuechnerTags: life war death heroism sacrifice
We all have heard about ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary situations. They act courageously or responsibly, and their efforts are described as if they opted to act that way on the spur of the moment... I believe many people in those situations actually have made descisions years before.
Chesley B. Sullenberger IIITags: heroism
Nitajisikia raha sana kufungwa kwa ajili ya matatizo watu.
Enock MaregesiTags: people heroism sacrifice jail
So the difference between a criminal and a hero is the order in which their vile crimes are committed. And justice comes with a sell-by date. In that case, you’d better hurry. You wouldn't want your heroism to spoil.
Lois McMaster BujoldTags: justice hypocrisy heroism good-and-evil criminal crimes criminals sell-by-date
Perhaps a hero is someone who doesn’t register his own vulnerability. Is it courage, then, if you’re too daft to know you’re mortal?
David BenioffWhere once we aspired to be more like our heroes, today we try to make our heroes more like us.
James RozoffTags: heroism heroes hero heroic
Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're about to kill each other--or kill ourselves.
Orhan PamukTags: heroism heroes snow orhan-pamuk heroics
Heroes, well, they don't live so long. But they're muy suave, and we all admire them.
Nancy FarmerTags: heroism heroes hero young-adult
...where's the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it?
China MiévilleTags: heroism
By the way, don't 'weep inwardly' and get a sore throat. If you must weep, weep: a good honest howl! I suspect we - and especially, my sex - don't cry enough now-a-days. Aeneas and Hector and Beowulf, Roland and Lancelot blubbered like schoolgirls, so why shouldn't we?
C.S. LewisTags: men crying heroism masculinity
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