If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes. ~ Mark Twain

Being a hero is about the shortest lived profession on earth. ~ Will Rogers

My heart right now is totally connected to a book called The Servant of the Bones, which is not in any way connected with vampires or witches. It's about a new hero, a ghost, who really doesn't particularly like the job that he's been given. I'm in love with this hero and in love with his dilemma. ~ Anne Rice

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. ~ John Barth

I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people convinced that they are about to change the world. I am more awed by...those who...struggle to make one small difference after another. ~ Ellen Goodman

The hero, therefore, is the man or woman who has been able to battle past his personal and local historical limitations. ~ Joseph Campbell

Man’s greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes – obscure heroes who are at times greater than illustrious heroes. ~ Victor Hugo

I don't believe in that phony hero stuff. ~ Steve McQueen

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform. ~ Theodore H. White

It requires philosophy and heroism to rise above the opinion of the wise men of all nations and races. ~ Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. ~ John Barth

Self-Trust is the essence of heroism. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Adversity is an opportunity for heroism. ~ Marv Levy

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