#heroic

It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism. ↗

— Johan Huizinga

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This year's Veterans Day celebration is especially significant as our country remains committed to fighting the War on Terror and as brave men and women are heroically defending our homeland. ↗

— John Doolittle

#brave men #celebration #committed #country #day

My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult - especially that question of how you find a balance. ↗

— Jennifer Garner

#balance #being #both #confusing #difficult

But there are still only certain film genres where a woman can stand out, be heroic, be the centerpiece. ↗

— Sarah Michelle Gellar

#film #genres #heroic #only #out

I like the tradition of ordinary men in extraordinary circumstances and how they react to events which force them to be heroic in a way that is not in their natures. ↗

— Rob Lowe

#events #extraordinary #extraordinary circumstances #force #heroic

When I hear a guy lost a battle to cancer, that really did bother me, that that's a term. It implies that he failed and that somebody else that defeated cancer is heroic and courageous. ↗

— Norm MacDonald

#bother #cancer #courageous #defeated #did

Courtesy is a silver lining around the dark clouds of civilization; it is the best part of refinement and in many ways, an art of heroic beauty in the vast gallery of man's cruelty and baseness. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#art #baseness #beauty #best #best part

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. ↗

— George Orwell

#comes #heroic #human #human beings #pinch