#heroes

See, heroes never die. John Wayne isn't dead, Elvis isn't dead. Otherwise you don't have a hero. You can't kill a hero. That's why I never let him get older. ↗

— Mickey Spillane

#die #elvis #get #hero #heroes

I believe that interest in heroes is universal and eternal. ↗

— Norman Spinrad

#eternal #heroes #i #i believe #i believe that

Our athletes are our heroes. ↗

— Cathy Rigby

#heroes #our

My heroes, my dreams, and my future lay in Yankee Stadium. And they can't take that away from me. ↗

— Derek Jeter

#dreams #future #heroes #lay #me

The only lesson to extract from any civil war is that it's pointless and futile and ugly, and that there is nothing glamorous or heroic about it. There are heroes, but the causes are never heroic. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#any #causes #civil #civil war #extract

No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you your true history, teach you your true heroes, if they know that that knowledge will help set you free. ↗

— Assata Shakur

#education #heroes #history #knowledge #education

If, as has been postulated before, heroism happens when courage meets circumstance, what if the circumstances are mundane? ↗

— Brad Herzog

#heroes #heroism #courage

To me, empathy and compassion are among the bravest of emotions ... and faith, the bravest of convictions. ↗

— Gerard de Marigny

#courage #empathy #faith #heroes #inspirational

It's ever so important to believe in what you do, trust your ability to create and show yourself worthy. Never sell yourself short. ↗

— Simon Zingerman

#creativity #feel-good #good-hearted #goodness #hero

Once the others were below, Hazel and Leo faced each other awkwardly. They were alone except for Coach Hedge, who was back on the quarterdeck singing the Pokémon theme song. The coach had changed the words to: Gotta Kill ’Em All, and Leo really didn’t want to know why. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#hazel-levesque #heroes-of-olympus #humor #leo-valdez #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians