Best Heroes Quotes to Inspire, Uplift & Motivate You Every Day

“Heroes and scholars represent the opposite extremes... The scholar struggles for the benefit of all humanity, sometimes to reduce physical effort, sometimes to reduce pain, and sometimes to postpone death, or at least render it more bearable. In contrast, the patriot sacrifices a rather substantial part of humanity for the sake of his own prestige. His statue is always erected on a pedestal of ruins and corpses... In contrast, all humanity crowns a scholar, love forms the pedestal of his statues, and his triumphs defy the desecration of time and the judgment of history.”

“The birth of a legend is the death of a hero. Every man wishes to die a hero. A hero’s death is glorious!”

“What I wanted to express very clearly and intensely was that the reason these people had to invent or imagine heroes and gods is pure fear. Fear of life and fear of death.”

“Not every story needs a hero. Some need healers. Some need witnesses. Some just need someone who stayed.”

“The day your hero steps down is the day you finally stand up.”

“To quote French author François Mauriac, ‘Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who your are' is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread.”

“I’ve never been accused of having good sense when it comes to being careful. I guess my attraction to the what-if possibilities far outweigh my fear of an oh-crap reality.”

“when you feel like hope is gone, look inside you and be strong and you'll finally see the truth- that hero lies in you.”

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“Choose your heroes very carefully and then emulate them. You will never be perfect, but you”

“We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.”

“We are all fragments of the Source that have chosen to have an experience outside of Source and play different roles in a theatrical play of sorts. Some will play heroes and some will play villains; without all the characters, there wouldn’t be a play to enjoy. No play lasts forever, as that would cease to be entertaining and become boring. When the play is over, the curtain will fall. When the curtain rises, all of the players will be holding hands and congratulating each other on their well-played characters.”

“The more details, depth and thought you put into your ideas the more valuable they become.”

“That is why enemies can be great motivators. They serve as fuel for your fire.”

“Using your talent, hobby or profession in a way that makes you contribute with something good to this world is truly the way to go.”

“Our culture has filled our heads but emptied our hearts, stuffed our wallets but starved our wonder. It has fed our thirst for facts but not for meaning or mystery. It produces "nice" people, not heroes.”