“Heroism ... is endurance for one moment more.”
George F. Kennan
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
Christopher Reeve
“Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them!”
Albert Einstein
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.”
John Gay
“Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.”
Bertolt Brecht