Mark Twain Quotes

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

Our heroes are the men who do things which we recognize with regret and sometimes with a secret shame that we cannot do. We find not much in ourselves to admire, we are always privately wanting to be like somebody else. If everybody was satisfied with himself there would be no heroes.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

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

I'm just a kid, Chiron," I said miserably. "What good is one lousy hero against something like Kronos?" Chiron managed a smile. '"What good is one lousy hero'? Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain said something like that to me once, just before he single-handedly changed the course of your Civil War.

No hero is above fear.

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

No one is so cowardly that Love could not inspire him to heroism.

Who amongst us doesn't want to be a hero?

Heroism is the divine relation which, in all times, unites a great man to other men.

In war-time a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a hero who is running away.

My one ambition is to play a hero.

The term 'hero' irritates me greatly.

I am not a hero.

I'd like to be a wounded leading man. Instead of a pillar of strength, I'd be the scared one.

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

It must have been so impossible to think about it and dare to do that, so they feel compassionate for her. I don't think the movie would work otherwise.

I remember when I met Picabo Street, you know, how in awe I was of her and how much she inspired me, and I really hope to be that for young kids.

I grew up watching 'Braveheart' and 'Gladiator.' Those are my 'Star Wars.' They have values and traits about them that I wish I had.

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

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

I'm a hero with coward's legs.

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.

'The Impossible Dream' is, in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written. Here is a man, an old man, a very old man full of daring, bravery, courage, determination, romanticism and dreams.

I am not a brave man... I do not have the right stuff. Astronauts are really a cut above.