Heroes Quotes for Whatsapp and Facebook Status
How can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods?
Lord Macaulay (18004859) English historian
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, poet, philosopher
How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling of Fate forgets himself into immortality.
Wendell Phillips (1811-1884) American abolitionist, orator
Heroes are created by popular demand, sometimes out of the scantiest materials.
Gerald W. Johnson (1890-1980) American author
If we are marked to die, we are enowTo do our country loss; and to live, The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
King Henry, King Henry V William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist, poet
Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.”
Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) British statesman, writer
Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.
Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) German dramatist, poet
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
William Penn (1644-1718) religious leader, founder of Pennsylvania
Having seen what my injuries were, I knew it was not necessary to die. Lieut.-Gen.
Sir Steuart Pringle (b. 1928) Royal Marines following bomb attempt on his AP
What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.
David Lloyd George (1863-1945) Welsh Liberal politician, prime minister
I am convinced that a light supper, a good night’s sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward.
Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773) English statesman, man of letters
Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author, lexicographer
The more characteristic American hero in the earlier day, and the more beloved type at all times, was not the hustler but the whittler.
Mark Sullivan (1874-1952) American journalist
Ultimately a hero is a man who would argue with the Gods, and awakens devils to contest his vision.
Norman Mailer (b. 1923) American author
Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) American author
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one’s self a fool.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) American novelist
You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)
Seldom any splendid story is wholly true.
Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English author
