#heroism

Alexander the Great slept with 'The Iliad' beneath his pillow. During the waning moon, I cradle Homer’s 'Odyssey' as if it were the sweet body of a woman. ↗

— Roman Payne

#classics #dreams #greek #heroism #homer

They say Alexander the Great slept with 'The Iliad' beneath his pillow. Though I have never led an army, I am a wanderer. During the waning moon, I cradle Homer’s 'Odyssey' as if it were the sweet body of a woman. ↗

— Roman Payne

#army #dreams #heroism #sleep #the-iliad

Heroic dreams are the consolation of the unhappy. After all, when people like us say we're being heroic, it usually means we're about to kill each other--or kill ourselves. ↗

— Orhan Pamuk

#heroics #heroism #orhan-pamuk #snow #dreams

I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel. ↗

— Florence Nightingale

#heroes #heroism #life #practicality #life

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#life

So you love war. I used to think you were a decent man. But I see now I was mistaken. You're a hero. ↗

— Joe Abercrombie

#war #love

Even if only one person’s respect for animals increases, then writing Talon would have been worthwhile. ↗

— Christopher Gerard

#animal-welfare #animals #animals-stories-heroism #respect

I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism. ↗

— Abebe Bikila

#country #determination #ethiopia #heroism #i

A country grows in history not only because of the heroism of its troops on the field of battle, it grows also when it turns to justice and to right for the conservation of its interests. ↗

— Aristide Briand

#battle #because #conservation #country #field

The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong. ↗

— Susan Faludi

#depends #heroism #men #strong #system