Heroism is great bravery.

1. Heroism is about taking an action which represents a breakthrough, and then assuming full responsiblity for it, even if it’s a failure.
Noa Ben Artzi-Pelossof

2. As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.
Ernest Renan

3. Not a politician Not a faddish popular figure A hero faces death for others with no thought of personal gain or glory This is the face of a true hero
Motifake Conn

4. A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.
Tom Hanks

5. Heroism is a kind of death, not life.
Gabriel Laub

6. The attitude of uncompromising heroism is attractive, and appeals especially to the dramatic instinct. But the purpose of the serious revolutionary is not personal heroism, nor martyrdom, but the creation of a happier world. Those who have the happiness of the world at heart will shrink from attitudes and the facile hysteria of “no parley with the enemy.” They will not embark upon enterprises, however arduous and austere, which are likely to involve the martyrdom of their country and the discrediting of their ideals. It is by slower and less showy methods that the new world must be built […] To find fault with those who urge these considerations, or to accuse them of faint heartedness, is mere sentimental self-indulgence, sacrificing the good we can do to the satisfaction of our own emotions.
Bertrand Russell

7. True heroism is… not the urge to surpass others at whatever cost,but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.
Arthur Ashe

8. In the emergency of growing up, we all need heroes. But the father I grew up with was no hero to me, not then. He was too wounded in the head, too endlessly and terribly sad. Too funny, too explosive, too confusing. Heroes are uncomplicated. *This* makes them do *that*… But the war does not make sense. War senselessly wounds everyone right down the line. A body bag fits more than just its intended corpse. Take the 58,000 American soldiers lost in Vietnam and multiply by four, five, six—and only then does one begin to realize the damage this war has done… War when necessary, is unspeakable. When unnecessary, it is unforgivable. It is not an occasion for heroism. It is an occasion only for survival and death. To regard war in any other way only guarantees its inevitable reappearance
Tom Bissell

9. A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart.
Zeus, Hercules

10. I think,’ Olympia said slowly, ‘that I know you quite well.’ She looked down at the deck and added in a carefully mild voice, ‘You can be a scoundrel; I know that. You stole from me and betrayed me and lied to me. You have no morals and no ideals; you think of yourself first and you’re a coward sometimes on that account.’ She hesitated, chewing her lip. ‘What people call a coward, anyway. I don’t know what cowardice is anymore. I don’t know what heroism is.’ She looked up. ‘But I know one thing, and I learned it from you. I know what courage means. It means to pick up and go on, no matter what. It means having a heart of iron, like they say. You have that
Laura

11. A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
Christopher Reeve

12. True heroism consists in being superior to the ills of life, in whatever shape they may challenge us to combat. Napoleon Bonaparte

13. The heroism of our own troops in Europe was matched by that of the armed forces of the nations that fought by our side. They and the brave men in the underground movements of the occupied countries-all gave their blood to wipe the Nazi terror from the face of the earth. They absorbed the blows of the German military machine during the many months in which we were building up our expeditionary forces, and they shared to the full in the ultimate destruction of the enemy.
Henry Struman

14. And I am not blind to the fact that I have been given gifts you never had. Living a godly life was expected on me, and it was an easy path for me to follow. No one ever had such expectations of you. For you to embrace the Lord at this point in your life would be nothing short of heroic, Alex. It would take an act of such strength and courage that it would be humbling for all who have ever know you. You can begin building a life of valor today
Elizabeth Camden

15. 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

16. The less you think about the danger – the more the chances to show your heroism
Anonymous

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

18. The real hero is the man who fights even though he is scared.
George S. Patton

19. A true hero isn't measured by the size of his strength, but by the strength of his heart
Anonymous

20. Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.
Harry Struman

21. Our film examines the heroism, courage and prowess of the Soviet submarine force in ways never seen before. Kathryn Bigelow

22. The hero is valorous because he stands up to every threat directed against his values. Heroism requires value conflict.
Andrew Bernstein

23. Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb

24. Heroism springs from something that no scientific theory can fully explain
Anonymous

25. A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

26. Heroism is the dazzling and glorious concentration of courage.
Henri Frédéric Amiel

27. Heroism can save the people in difficult circumstances, but only a set of small everyday virtues determines its greatness.
Gustave Le Bon

28. You are the Hero of your own Story.
Joseph Campbell

29. The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not weakly try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be the common, nor the common the heroic.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

30. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!
Albert Eintein

31. A hero can be anyone. Even a man doing something as simple and reassuring as putting a coat around a young boy’s shoulders to let him know that the world hadn’t ended.
Anonymous

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32. Heroism is made in hard times. Not during easy ones.
Robin Sharma

33. It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.
Louis Pasteur

34. Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
Benjamin Disraeli

35. Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.
Calvin Coolidge

36. Heroism is my occupation.
Salvador Dali

37. In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences.
Brandon Mull

38. If, as has been postulated before, heroism happens when courage meets circumstance, what if the circumstances are mundane
Brad Herzog

39. True heroism is minutes, hours, weeks, year upon year of the quiet, precise, judicious exercise of probity and care—with no one there to see or cheer. This is the world.
David Foster Wallace

40. Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
Thomas Merton

41. It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.
Charles de Gaulle

42. Self trust is the essence of heroism.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

43. Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism – how passionately I hate them!
Albert Einstein

44. There is only one heroism in the world, to see the world as it is, and to love it.
Romain Rolland

45. Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.
Gerard Way

46. I think that we all do heroic things, but hero is not a noun, it's a verb.
Robert Downey, Jr.

47. Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats. Gandhi

48. 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.
Arthur Ashe

49. I think a hero is any person really intent on making this a better place for all people.
Maya Angelou

50. Heroism is endurance for one moment more.
George F. Kennan

51. In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences
Anonymous

52. Heroism is the brilliant triumph of the soul over the flesh, that is to say over fear: fear of poverty, of suffering, of calumny, of illness, of loneliness and of death. There is no real piety without heroism. Heroism is the dazzling and glorious con
Henri Frederic Amiel

53. Heroism consists of hanging on one minute longer
Anonymous

54. Hero is not braver than any other human being. He is braver for 5 minutes earlier.
Ralph Emerson

55. A hero is someone who steps up when everyone else backs down
Anonymous

56. Heroism is active; genius, contemplative heroism. Heroism is the self devotion of genius manifesting itself in action.
A. W Hare

57. The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak as they’ve been at other times.
Angus Wilson

58. In my opinion, actual heroism, like actual love, is a messy, painful, vulnerable business.
John Green

59. Faith is the heroism of the intellect.
Charles Henry Parkhurst

60. Heroes Come in All Shapes and Sizes
Anonymous

61. HEROISM- Think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom
Anonymous

62. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
Joseph Campbell

63. Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the powers they are graced with.
Brodi Ashton