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"Resistance is feasible even for those who are not heroes by nature, and it is an obligation, I believe, for those who fear the consequences and detest the reality of the attempt to impose American hegemony."
"Unconsciously we all have a standard by which we measure other men, and if we examine closely we find that this standard is a very simple one, and is this: we admire them, we envy them, for great qualities we ourselves lack. Hero worship consists in just that. Our heroes are men who do things which we recognize, with regret, and sometimes with a secret shame, that we cannot do. We find not much in ourselves to admire, we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes."
"A nation that fails to honor its heroes, soon will have no heroes to honor."
"Grace was not given to heal the spiritually sick but to decorate spiritual heroes!"
"One murder makes a villain; millions, a hero."
"We all live in suspense, from day to day, from hour to hour; in other words, we are the hero of our own story."
"A nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure."
"Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it."
"Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person."
"There is no true orator who is not a hero."
"Dre was one of my heros in the music industry. If he's not down for his homeboys, I don't wanna be a part of him or around him."
"No man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is no hero, but because the valet is a valet."
"The hero saves us. Praise the hero! Now, who will save us from the hero?"
"Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed."
"The true hero is one who conquers his own anger and hatred."
"The people always have some champion whom they set over them and nurse into greatness. ... This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector."
"Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes."
"Historians from England will say I am a liar, but history is written by those who have hanged heroes."
"When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness."
"On this International Day of UN Peacekeepers, let us pay tribute to the men and women from countries across the world who serve selflessly, tirelessly and fearlessly in UN peacekeeping operations. Let us remember the heroes who have laid down their lives in lands far from their own in the service of peace. And let us reaffirm our commitment to building a world free from the scourge of war."
