#heroism

Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. ↗

— Fred Rogers

#heroes #heroism #life

One part brave, three parts fool! ↗

— Christopher Paolini

#fool

I'm not a legend or a hero, I don't slay dragons, I don't do any of the things that a real hero can. But I can make things better, one day at a time, for most of the kingdom. ↗

— Mercedes Lackey

#heroes #heroism #heroism

Like that's the only reason anyone would ever buy a first-aid kit? Don't take this the wrong way, Professor McGonagall, but what sort of crazy children are you used to dealing with?" "Gryffindors," spat Professor McGonagall, the word carrying a freight of bitterness and despair that fell like an eternal curse on all youthful heroism and high spirits. ↗

— Eliezer Yudkowsky

#harry-potter #world-domination #heroism

Animals make us Human. ↗

— Temple Grandin

#heroism

In one of his last newsletters, Mike Ranney wrote: "In thinking back on the days of Easy Company, I'm treasuring my remark to a grandson who asked, 'Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?' No,'" I answered, 'but I served in a company of heroes. ↗

— Stephen E. Ambrose

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Everybody knows about Pearl Harbor. The thing that really fascinated me is that through this tragedy there was this amazing American heroism. ↗

— Michael Bay

#amazing #american #everybody #fascinated #harbor

I was not heroic enough to purchase liberty at the price of caste. ↗

— Charlotte Brontë

#liberty #heroism

Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#courage #examines #film #force #heroism

The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident. ↗

— Kathryn Bigelow

#assigned #classified #communist #consider #heroism