#heroes

If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. ↗

— Abigail Adams

#learned #mean #philosophers #should #statesmen

And I believe we need heroes, I believe we need certain people who we can measure our own shortcomings by. ↗

— Richard Attenborough

#certain #heroes #i #i believe #measure

Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous. ↗

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

#about #became #charlie #famous #feeling

If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow. ↗

— Robert Duvall

#grow #heroes #in the beginning #you

Many forms, sizes and colors, I think there are heroes in sports, in life... It would be cliche to say my dad, my granddad. I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes. ↗

— George Eads

#brave #cliche #colors #dad #fan

Real courage is doing the right thing when nobody's looking. Doing the unpopular thing because it's what you believe, and the heck with everybody. ↗

— Justin Cronin

#courage #goodness #inspirational #moral-courage #unsung-heroes

There's a long history of anthropomorphic animals in Japanese literature. The so-called 'funny animal scrolls' were the first narratives in Japanese history, and the heroes of many folk tales have animals as their companions. ↗

— Stan Sakai

#companions #first #folk #funny #heroes

It shouldn't take an emergency for this Administration to deal with the health care needs of our nation's heroes. Funding the VA and our bringing our troops home safely should never be treated as an afterthought. ↗

— John Salazar

#afterthought #bringing #care #deal #emergency

I'm used to comic books being reimagined, different takes on some of our beloved superheroes. ↗

— Len Wiseman

#beloved #books #comic #comic books #different

What exactly did you find in Atlanta?” Frank unzipped his backpack and started bringing out souvenirs. “Some peach preserves. A couple of T-shirts. A snow globe. And, um, these not-really-Chinese handcuffs.” Annabeth forced herself to stay calm. “How about you start from the top—of the story, not the backpack. ↗

— Rick Riordan

#communication #frank-zhang #jason-grace #percy-jackson-and-the-olympians #the-heroes-of-olympus