It's kind of ironic that the two sports with the greatest characters, boxing and horse racing, have both been on the decline. In both cases it's for the lack of a suitable hero.
Our enemies, like the Grecian hero, have one vulnerable point. You have not touched it yet. What should have been their element of weakness has been suffered to remain an element of strength.
I love 'Enter the Dragon,' and I love Japanese movies. I love Jackie Chan movies; they are my heroes.
Eversmann: Nobody asks to be a hero, it just sometimes turns out that way.
Historically, in my generation, all of my heroes and heroines have had issues and problems. We all do.
The greatest heroes of the Normandy battlefield were the unarmed medics, whom snipers often shot at despite their Red Cross armbands.
For a man who makes his salvation perfect through suffering, is more of a saint and a loving hero of nature.
Never say war insane at the moment for you to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.
People become followers of the God because of his fear, but they become a fan of a hero because of his work.
If you honor the moments by not wasting them, the Time will honor you back by remembering you as the hero, for the rest of the time to come.
J.J. Abrams is an all-time hero of mine, really lovely to be working with him.
I write novels with a lawyer as the hero, no matter how oxymoronic that might sound.
Vietnam helped me realize who the true heroes really are in this world. It's not the home-run hitters.
The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic.
A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
That action is best which procures the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers.
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
Actions are based on attitues but behaviours based on character
All success comes down to this . . . action
Dreams have as much influence as actions.
Strong convictions precede great actions.
