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- A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
- A hero is one who does what he can. The others don't.
- Romain Rolland
- Extensive traveling induces a feeling of encapsulation, and travel, so broadening at first, contracts the mind.
- Paul Theroux (1941 - )
- Gain a modest reputation for being unreliable and you will never be asked to do a thing.
- Paul Theroux (1941 - )
- How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes!
- Maya Angelou (1928 - )
- Nothing changes more constantly than the past; for the past that influences our lives does not consist of what actually happened, but of what men believe happened.
- Gerald White Johnson, American Heroes and Hero-Worships, Chapter 1
- If you are out there, you have fans. You have a champion. Organize these champions. You probably know who your best customers are. Make them a star on your site. Make those people your superheroes.
- Jamison Stafford, Building Buzz for Your Web Project, SXSW 2006
- Be systematically heroic in little unnecessary points, do every day or two something for no other reason than its difficulty, so that, when the hour of need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved or untrained to stand the test.
- Daniel Akst, We Have Met the Enemy: Self-Control in an Age of Excess, 2011
- Every man is hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person, whatever he says has an enhanced value.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
- I would rather be a philosopher and a coward than a hero and a fool.
- Ambrose Pratt
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