The Best 100 Hero Quotes For The Everyday Heroes In Your Life
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A hero is respected and is worshiped by everyone.
Heroes are admired for their bravery and selfless acts. They work for the betterment of the community without any other selfish motives.
The quotes listed by us here will make you understand the true meaning of being a hero. If you like such quotes, check Ultron quotes and you can do anything quotes.
My Dad My Hero Quotes
Dad is every child's first hero. My dad, my hero quotes listed here will take you through an emotional roller coaster ride.
1."My dad was my hero when I was a young boy."
-Martin Henderson.
2."I respect my dad, and he's amazing. He's my hero. "
-James McCartney.
3."My dad's the one who's always been there; he's my hero, you could say."
- Gareth Bale.
4."My dad is a writer, and to see him always in front of a typewriter gave me the inspiration to write. He was my idol, my hero."
-Shakira.
5."For me, my dad is the best hero in the universe."
-Yoseob.
6."Any man that dates me, the thing they're gonna have to live up is my dad - he's a real hero."
-Jessica Chastain.
Being A Hero Quotes
Some inspirational hero quotes about being a hero have been listed below.
7."True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost."
The above quote tells us who a true hero is.
8."I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
-Christopher Reeve.
9."First you be a hero and then raise your child to be a hero."
-Amit Kalantri.
10."True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat."
-Napoleon Bonaparte.
11."I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people."
-Maya Angelou.
12."Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story."
-John Barth.
13."Heroes endure because we need them. Not for their own sake."
-Cassandra Clare.
14."A hero is someone we can admire without apology."
-Kitty Kelley.
15."The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men."
-Henry David Thoreau.
16."Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth."
-Will Rogers.
17."A hero is a man who is afraid to run away."
-English Proverb.
18."Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards."
-Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
19."My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place—police, firefighters, and members of our armed forces."
-Sidney Sheldon.
The above quote is a very famous quote about heroes.
20."Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the power they are graced with."
-Brodi Ashton.
21."People are not born heroes or villains; they're created by the people around them."
-Chris Colfer.
Anti Hero Quotes
An anti-hero is someone who lacks the typical qualities of a hero. Some anti-hero quotes are listed below.
22."'Good guy' or 'bad guy', hero or anti hero; doesn't matter to me, what role I play, only the character have something magical."
-Rutger Hauer.
23."I like underdogs, I like anti-heroes - people that have a hard time overcoming things in life."
-Matthias Schoenaerts.
24."I think, generally, the flawed anti-hero is much more interesting than the normal hero, and that's really what we're talking about here as it relates to outlaws or renegades."
-Tod Goldberg.
25."If the reader cares, I don't think it matters so much whether If the reader cares, I don't think it matters so much whether your hero is in fact an anti-hero."
-Barry Eisler.
26."Look, we're in the time of the anti-hero."
-Dean Norris.
27."I don't know why I'm drawn to anti-heroes, but I certainly am."
-Jason Reitman.
28."Paul Newman would have been a much more important star if he hadn't always tried to be an anti-hero, to show the human feet of clay."
-John Wayne.
29."A lot of characters now on TV have moved into being anti-heroes, but I wanted to be the hero."
-Kieran Bew.
30."Duke Wayne played a mean guy but never an anti-hero."
-Joel McCrea.
31."I don't think the Hulk is a superhero. He's the first Marvel character who is a tragic monster. Really an anti-hero."
-Ang Lee.
Tragic Hero Quotes
Sometimes people do great deeds but receive very little recognition. Some such unsung hero quotes and tragic hero quotes have been listed below.
32."You cannot be a hero without being a coward."
-George Bernard Shaw.
33."As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is."
-George Carlin.
34."Tragic heroes are failed pragmatists. Their ends are unrealistic and their means are impractical."
-Adam Phillips.
35."I also love Mole, the unsung hero of reality programming."
-Kathy Griffin.
36."The tragic hero prefers death to prudence. The comedian prefers playing tricks to winning. Only the villain really plays to win."
-Mason Cooley.
37."I think that teachers have the hardest job in the world, and they are the most unsung heroes so much of the time."
-Emma Walton Hamilton.
38."We choose and make our heroes from what we have read, heard and believed in."
-Pushpa Rana, 'Just the Way I Feel.'
39."Tragic heroes always moan when the gods take an interest in them, but it's the people the gods ignore who get the really tough deals."
-Terry Pratchett.
40."There are so many people out there working with great grassroots and global and national organizations that are unsung heroes to me."
-Bonnie Raitt.
41."We often look outside to find our hero when there is one inside of each of us. Be your own hero today."
-Robert Braathe.
42."The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement were always the wives and the mothers."
-Andrew Young.
43."Adolescents are attracted to tragic heroes. That's why rock stars dress like homeless people."
-Heather O'Neill.
44."Ray Gomez is truly an unsung hero in American music."
-Stanley Clarke.
45."To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero."
-Edmond Rostand.
46."Casting directors tend to be the unsung heroes in this business."
-Brent Sexton.
47."If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play."
-Tupac Shakur.
48."Since about 1980 Kenny Werner has been one of jazz's unsung heroes."
-Harvey Pekar.
Best Hero Quotes
Heroes just want to help people without any other ulterior motive. Some good hero quotes are listed below.
49."Not the glittering weapon fights the fight, but rather the hero's heart."
-Unknown.*
50."Stretch yourself a bit to know the difference between humans and heroes."
-Amit Kalantri.
51."Anyone can be a hero, even those who cannot. They just have to believe."
-T.A. Cline.
52."Sometimes a hero is unbelievably good for so many but terribly bad for someone else."
-Amit Kalantri.
53."Just by luck, I picked good heroes to worship."
-Charles Kuralt.
54."I was just trying to be a very good human, instead I became a hero."
-Amit Kalantri.
55."A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom."
-Bob Dylan.
56."Everybody is a hero in their own story if you just look."
-Maeve Binchy.
57."No man is a hero in his own country."
-John Monash.
58."Finishing work makes you a man, finishing difficult work makes you a hero."
-Amit Kalantri.
59."There will always be trouble so there will always be a time for heroes."
-David Paul Kirkpatrick, 'The Address Of Happiness.'
60."The only good hero is the kind who survives to talk about merchandising."
-Simon R. Green.
61."The best heroes in the world are the reluctant ones."
-Tess Gerritsen.
62."A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer."
-Novalis.
63."Future will always remember the heroes, it's because of them there exists a future."
-Amit Kalantri.
64."A hero is someone right who doesn't change."
-George Foreman.
65."It isn't history that makes heroes, it is heroes that make history."
-Taylor Swift.
66."A hero is defined by what he or she can do, not by what he or she cannot do."
-Damon Throop.
67."A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer."
-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
68."Heroes are heroes no matter if everybody is watching them or nobody watching them."
-Amit Kalantri.
69."The hero sees values beyond what's possible. That's the nature of a hero. It kills him, of course, ultimately. But it makes the whole struggle of humanity worthwhile."
-John Gardner.
70."Great heroes need great sorrows and burdens, or half their greatness goes unnoticed."
-Peter S. Beagle, 'The Last Unicorn.'
71."I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb."
-Robert Downey Jr.
72."History is moving pretty quickly these days and the heroes and villains keep on changing parts."
-Ian Fleming, 'Casino Royale.'
Short Hero Quotes
Doctors, soldiers, teachers, and many more who make our world a better place are our heroes. Some epic hero quotes are listed below.
73."A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
-Christopher Reeve.
74."Welcome the conquering Hero - and recognize that the Hero is... ourself."
-Jonathan Lockwood Huie.
75." A hero without faults is like an omelet without little bits of eggshell in it."
-Colin Cotterill.
76."It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle."
77."Sacrifices will make you a martyr, victories will make you a hero."
-Amit Kalantri.
78."A hero is someone who has given his life to something bigger than himself or something other than himself."
-Joseph Campbell.
The above quote tells us what it means to be a hero.
79."I think children want to believe that they can be heroes too."
-Eleonore Caron.
80."A hero may or may not lead other people, but all heroes lead themselves."
-Jonathan Lockwood Huie.
81."The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by."
-Felix Adler.
82."No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero."
-Frank Herbert, 'Dune.'
83."Genuine heroes - no batteries needed - bring lots of open-mind and at least a little courage."
-Jonathan Lockwood Huie.
84."Heroes act in spite of their fear, while the rest of us act because of our fear."
-Jonathan Lockwood Huie.
85."Don't forget who your heroes are, what they mean to you, and why they mean that to you."
-Gale Harold.
86."The common denominator of our heroes is that each set their own course."
-Jonathan Lockwood Huie.
87."My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them."
-Bono.
88."It's better to talk about a dead hero than a living zero."
-Umar Hassan.
Be Your Own Hero Quotes
We all have a hero within us. Some be hero quotes listed here will motivate you to become one.
89."My mom is my hero, and I wouldn't be the woman I am today without her."
-Normani Kordei.
90."I didn't aim to be a hero at all. So when I got a hero's role, imagine my joy."
-Nizhalgal Ravi.
91."It is better to be the widow of a hero than the wife of a coward."
-Dolores Ibarruri.
92."Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story."
-Greg Boyle.
93."Let today be the day that you choose to become your own greatest Hero."
-Jonathan Lockwood Huie.
94."Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."
-F. Scott Fitzgerald.
95."Heroes aren't born, they're cornered. Oh, I was cornered. And I found out that I was no hero."
-James Belushi.
96."One must think like a hero to behave like a merely decent human being."
-May Sarton.
97."Dr. Martin Luther King is not a black hero. He is an American hero."
-Morgan Freeman.
98."Heroes make us smile because they not only rescue us outwardly, but inwardly too."
-Richelle E. Goodrich.
99."Defeat the demons of self-doubt and self-loathing by being your own hero/heroine of self-compassion."
-Amy Leigh Mercree.
100."I think all of us have a hero and a villain in us."
-Anson Mount.
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