The truth is that the heroism of your childhood entertainments was not true valor. It was theatre. The grand gesture, the moment of choice, the mortal danger, the external foe, the climactic battle whose outcome resolves all--all designed to appear h...
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.
Acts of heroism are easy—becoming a hero is a bitch.
There is a heroism in crime as well as in virtue. Vice and infamy have their altars and their religion.
The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong.
Starting and profitably running a business is not just some achievement, it is heroism.
In the men I love heroes, in the work I love heroism
Hate did not give way to heroism.
You have worked too long in the life, now its time for heroism.
There will never be complete satisfaction in the life, satisfaction is an illusion, there is only heroism.
Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism.
Any film is about heroism: the triumph of good over evil. If you look back at my films, you will see that as a recurring theme.
To go where no one else has ever gone before is the secret of heroism.
I'm not surprised that Spielberg was able to capture the heroism of Schindler; so many of his movies are about the better part of mankind.
I can imagine no heroism greater than motherhood.
It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism - how passionately I hate them!
The attitude of uncompromising heroism is attractive, and appeals especially to the dramatic instinct. But the purpose of the serious revolutionary is not personal heroism, nor martyrdom, but the creation of a happier world. Those who have the happin...
Most of man's finest heroism is merely disguised necessity.
There is no heroism in sheep. They stand on the hill and go “Baa”, as they’re being slaughtered.
Pain provides an opportunity for heroism; the opportunity is seized with surprising frequency.
