#hero

The journey of the hero is about the courage to seek the depths; the image of creative rebirth; the eternal cycle of change within us; the uncanny discovery that the seeker is the mystery which the seeker seeks to know. The hero journey is a symbol that binds, in the original sense of the word, two distant ideas, the spiritual quest of the ancients with the modern search for identity, always the one, shape-shifting yet marvelously constant story that we find. ↗

— Phil Cousineau

#inspirational #mythology #change

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation. ↗

— Joe Barton

#best #flag #fought #founders #heroes

Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed. ↗

— Peter S. Beagle

#goes #great #greatness #half #heroes

It's silly to say it about a tennis player, but I'm an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place. ↗

— Boris Becker

#any #germany #hero #heroes #i

A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted. ↗

— Andrew Bernstein

#hero #must #need #undefeated

And in a world without heroes, as the movie trailer voice-over guy might say, the slightly awkward can be slightly cool. ↗

— Adam Brody

#cool #guy #heroes #might #movie

He would still see it as his duty to shut up and get on with it, not cause any trouble. In our own time we've made a hero of the rebel, and it's more heroic to speak up. ↗

— Eddie Campbell

#cause #duty #get #hero #heroic

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#consciousness #heroic #our #ourselves #own

Over all our happy country - over all our Nation spread, Is a band of noble heroes - is our Army of the Dead. ↗

— Will Carleton

#band #country #dead #happy #heroes

You should never meet your heroes. Paul Newman... I was so excited about meeting him, but he turned up in shell suit bottoms, slippers, and a jumper. He was just so worn out and old, he wanted to go home. ↗

— Allan Carr

#bottoms #excited #go #go home #heroes