Acts Of Heroism Quotes:

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped.

- Robert Kennedy

source: Robert F. Kennedy (1968). “"An Honorable profession": a tribute to Robert F. Kennedy”

topic: Courage, Peace, Volunteer, Social Injustice, Justice And Injustice

Endurance is a much better test of character than any single act of heroism, however noble.

- John Lubbock

topic: Character, Endurance, Heroism, Test Of Character, Acts Of Heroism

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

- Alexander Hamilton

source: Alexander Hamilton, Donald R. Hickey, Connie D. Clark (2006). “Citizen Hamilton: The Wit and Wisdom of an American Founder”, p.87, Rowman & Littlefield

topic: Hero, Patriotic, Bravery, Acts Of Bravery, Acts Of Heroism

It is from the numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.

- Robert Kennedy

source: Robert F. Kennedy (1998). “Make Gentle the Life of the World: The Vision of Robert F. Kennedy”, Harcourt

topic: Change, Courage, Peace, Social Injustice, Justice And Injustice

To go against the dominant thinking of your friends, of most of the people you see every day, is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.

- Theodore White

topic: Courage, Thinking Of You, People, Acts Of Courage, Acts Of Heroism

In the context of September 11, there were so many that lost their lives that - how do you single out one person? There were so many acts of heroism that day from so many people, whether it be firemen and police officers in New York and our agents also.

- Robert Mueller

topic: New York, People, Police, Fireman, Acts Of Heroism

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

- Henry Miller

topic: Hero, Men, Differences, Being A Hero, Action Heroes

Rosa Parks was the queen mother of a movement whose single act of heroism sparked the movement for freedom, justice and equality. Her greatest contribution is that she told us a regular person can make a difference.

- Marc Morial

topic: Mother, Queens, Equality, Equality And Justice, Acts Of Heroism

Only the violent acts of men "count" toward something besides evil in a patriarchy. It is the male story of violence that is sanctioned both socially and aesthetically. The male hero and acts of heroism require violence. Everyone is okey dokey with that. We are only beginning to see that constricting set of truths open up a little.

- Lidia Yuknavitch

source: Source: therumpus.net

topic: Hero, Men, Violent Acts, Acts Of Heroism

Since time out of mind, a considered act of heroism has been the cure for stultifying ambivalence.

- Clarissa Pinkola Estes

topic: Mind, Heroism, Cures, Ambivalence, Acts Of Heroism

A hero is someone who stands in the community and speaks their hopes and speaks their passion. That's almost an act of heroism nowadays because higher consciousness is so trivialized.

- Marianne Williamson

source: Source: www.douglasgillies.com

topic: Hero, Passion, Community, Acts Of Heroism, Higher Consciousness

Freedom of a nation cannot be won by solitary acts of heroism though they may be of the true type, never by heroism so called.

- Mahatma Gandhi

source: Mahatma Gandhi (1947). “Teachings of Mahatma Gandhi”

topic: Heroism, May, Type, Acts Of Heroism

'I believe, Mr. Snitchey,' said Alfred, 'there are quiet victories and struggles, great sacrifices of self, and noble acts of heroism, in it - even in many of its apparent lightnesses and contradictions - not the less difficult to achieve, because they have no earthly chronicle or audience - done every day in nooks and corners, and in little households, and in men's and women's hearts - any one of which might reconcile the sternest man to such a world, and fill him with belief and hope in it.

- Charles Dickens

source: Charles Dickens (2009). “The Complete Works of Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books”, p.259, Cosimo, Inc.

topic: Inspirational, Believe, Struggle, Great Sacrifice, Acts Of Heroism

However much of time, labor, or other means it takes to establish a reputation, it frequently happens that it requires nearly as much to maintain it. One who has written a good book, is expected on all occasions to "talk like a book." Or, if one has achieved an act of heroism, he is expected to perform acts of heroism for the edification of all who approach him. There are people who can never believe they see a lion unless they hear him roar.

- Christian Nestell Bovee

topic: Believe, Book, Mean, Edification, Acts Of Heroism

Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.

- William J. Clinton

topic: Odds, People, Volunteer, Acts Of Heroism

The suicide bomber's imagination leads him to believe in a brilliant act of heroism, when in fact he is simply blowing himself up pointlessly and taking other people's lives.

- Salman Rushdie

source: "Terror Is Glamour". "Spiegel" Interview, www.spiegel.de. August 28, 2006.

topic: Suicide, Believe, People, Suicide Bombers, Acts Of Heroism

This may not be the path for everyone. But the trust of which we speak is not an act of heroism. it is an act of surrender that makes the decision easier. It sounds unbelieveable, but I know it to be true. Leave the decision to God and you relieve yourself of the anxiety that comes from thinking that the choice is yours - the sneaking suspicion that you might have done better had you been a little more careful, a little luckier.

- William McGurn

topic: Thinking, Choices, Decision, Acts Of Heroism

An act of heroism, of extraordinary courage, the grandeur of it, won't easily inspire us to act in imitation, but it can inspire us to emulate its author. For that, we should learn what we can of the whole experience of the subject, the hero's life, as it was before and after, and believe that trying to emulate the character it reveals is one tried way to prepare for the tests that might await us and gain hope that our courage will not be wanting in the moment.

- John McCain

topic: Inspirational, Believe, Hero, Before And After, Acts Of Heroism