Heroic Quotes

What we need to discover in the social realm is the moral equivalent of war; something heroic that will speak to men as universally as war does, and yet will be compatible with their spiritual selves as war has proved itself to be incompatible. - William James

What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic. - Harriet Beecher Stowe

What makes one heroic? -- Going out to meet at the same time one's highest suffering and one's highest hope. - Friedrich Nietzsche

What is a society without a heroic dimension? - Jean Baudrillard

We've made some heroic efforts, but the Earth as a whole is in worse shape today than 30 years ago... There's been 30 more years of greenhouses gases, species extinctions and population growth. - Denis Hayes

We wouldn't be surprised that some ISPs would be reluctant to accept this--part of the reason many have been proactive in blocking spam has been to avoid legislation, and they have made heroic efforts. The problem is, as long as there's not a level playing field, we will have ISPs that court spammers, and we all suffer. - Susan Schorr

We value Senator Kerry's honorable and heroic service in Vietnam. But we question his judgment in consistently voting to cut defense and intelligence funding critical to national security. - Ken Mehlman

We recognize that pharmacists have done a heroic job in the first two weeks. We're working very hard to make sure that won't happen again. - Gary Karr

We realize that our family is going through something that thousands of military families have experienced over the last three years since the war began and throughout our history. Bob's name may be more recognizable, but his story is no more important. He would be the first to insist that the attention should be focused on the members of the U.S. military whose heroic actions he has reported on for years. - Lee Woodruff

We played almost well enough to win. We were almost good enough to win. Almost enough guys played heroically for us. But it wasn't enough. If we had played a lesser team, it might have been enough. But the team we played was too good to be almost good enough against. - Geno Auriemma