Diane Kruger Quotes

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

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

My mother is the bravest human being I've ever come across.

Let the world admire the supposed wisdom and valor of our great men, Perhaps they may adopt the qualities that have been ascribed to them, and thus good may be done.

I love Oprah, she's my hero in terms of a lot of things - what's not to love about Oprah? When I look at Oprah, I see all heart. She's wide open.

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.

I like heroes, and would like to be a hero myself. I suppose we all want that.

The brave love mercy, and delight to save.

I have to say that Common is one of the kindest, most humble, grateful individuals that I've ever met in my life. I was profoundly affected by meeting him. I think he is an outstanding human being.

My Dad is my hero. He's 85 now and he is in great health. He is handsome and strong. He has an incredible moral and ethical backbone. I couldn't have been luckier with my parents.

I think it's just important to not judge people based on their physicality because it's really about personality and people's hearts and souls. That's what drew me to Audrey Hepburn who is kind of like my icon.

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.

Like you do about Nelson Mandela, you can't help feeling the guy's a good man.

I do want to play characters that have redeeming qualities, that are likable, for sure, and I have in the past, and I will again.

I think I'm a fan of people who were brave, my aunt, my grandmother, those are my heroes.

I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line.

I believe in a world where there are no heroes, and I've read and know humanity a lot. There are moments that I admire in a person courage, intellect, hard work. These are the qualities I admire in an intellectual, in a writer, and there are so many people who have these things.

If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero.

I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that most people don't and we want to change - I want to democratise heroism to say any of us can be a hero.

I look up to my mom. She's a beautiful woman.

Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.

A modern hero should … think as well as act and should inspire Americans with a forward-looking set of values.

Meredith Vieira warms my heart.

American readers are so polite; their reactions make it seem like I've received thousands of thank-you notes. It's just lovely, and amazing the things people tell you that have touched them and related to their own lives.

Brave doesn't spread hate or bully the vulnerable. Brave doesn't put greed and self-interest over millions of lives. Brave doesn't cower behind lies and walls. Brave doesn't pit people against one another. That's what fear does.