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- We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God’s existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think. In fact, the greater your doubt the more heroic your faith.
- Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, December 26, 2002
- There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do.
- Charlize Theron, acceptance speech at Golden Globe Awards, 2004
- I have never been especially impressed by the heroics of people who are convinced they are about to change the world. I am more awed by those who struggle to make one small difference after another.
- Ellen Goodman (1941 - )
- Aspiring to a small business that does what it does very well is a noble pursuit.
- Narenda Rocherolle, Cashing In or Selling Out, SXSW 2006
- There is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
- Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
- Our heroes are those... who... act above and beyond the call of duty and in so doing give definition to patriotism and elevate all of us.... America is the land of the free because we are the home of the brave.
- David Mahoney
- More often than not, a hero’s most epic battle is the one you never see; it’s the battle that goes on within him or herself.
- Kevin Smith, My Boring Ass Life, 04-18-06
- Our heroes are people and people are flawed. Don't let that taint the thing you love.
- Randy K. Milholland, Midnight Macabre, 09-27-07
- Part of being a hero is knowing when you don't need to be one anymore.
- Alan Moore (1953 - ), Watchmen, 1986
- The whole point in bein' a hero is to do somethin' greater than yerself. It'd be easy to do it for the glory or the girls. We're bigger men than that.
- Alexander Woo, True Blood, Beyond Here Lies Nothing, 2009
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