Gregg Easterbrook Quotes

It is part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risk everything.

It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

Look, I would say that anyone who does this work and doesn't have a strain of idealism is an adrenaline junkie or completely narcissistic. There is no other justification. You're risking your life, and if anything happens, it's our families who suffer tremendously.

Virtues, like viruses, have their seasons of contagion. When catastrophe strikes, generosity spikes like a fever. Courage spreads in the face of tyranny.

People aren't universally heroic.

There are a lot of people who can be classified as heroes and do great things and inspire me.

Never was a miser a brave soul.

One of the marks of a gift is to have the courage of it.

There is nothing more noble than putting yourself in the line of fire to save a life.

Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.

We all wish to be brave and strong in the face of disaster. We all wish to be looked up to for our endurance and efforts to help others.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.

The number of people that put their lives at risk, just totally overwhelmed the evil of the act.

Heroism is a matter of choice.

I have enormous respect for anyone who would offer to sacrifice their life to defend my right to live. Is there any greater gift one can give another?

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, 'What's in it for me?'

There's a scene I particularly like in 'Betrayed' where Shane has been shot in the side. Yet he drives to a small airport, checks out the Rockfort plane and flies himself and Elena to safety. Only when he knows they are out of danger does he allow himself to sit down on the couch and admit he's injured - to a horrified Elena.

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

I don't think of myself as offbeat and weird. As a kid, I saw myself as the type of guy who would run into a burning building to save the baby.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

I'm fascinated how often and with what whole-heartedness people will risk their lives to perform acts of courage, sacrifice, and compassion for total strangers.

Courage is the fear of being thought a coward.

I like to say I'm not a hero.

We are weak, writing is difficult, but for my own sake I do not regret this journey, which has shown that Englishmen can endure hardships, help one another, and meet death with as great a fortitude as ever in the past.