“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer”
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
Christopher Reeve
“Heroism ... is endurance for one moment more.”
George F. Kennan
“Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody”
“The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example.”
Benjamin Disraeli
“A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.”
Plato
