“Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.”
Bertolt Brecht
“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”
Christopher Reeve
“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
“Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them!”
Albert Einstein
“Heroism ... is endurance for one moment more.”
George F. Kennan
“If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women.”
Abigail Adams
