“For every hero, there has to be a fall guy, and the greater the triumph on one hand, the greater the humiliation on the other.” HandsGuyFallGreaterHeroTriumphHumiliation Author:Quintin Jardine
“I think the idea of a heightened reality and then the fantasy that we're able to be swept up in, and then these larger than life heroes and the possibility of someone much more powerful than we are and greater, that can come and save the day, so to speak, is inspiring.” ThinkingIdeasRealityAbleSpeakPowerfulFantasyGreaterPossibilityHeroLarger Than Life Author:Chris Hemsworth
“Since those who believe they need a hero/celebrity outnumber the actual heroes/celebrities, people feel safe and comfortably justified in numbers, committing egregious crimes in the name of the greater social ego. Ironically diminishing their own true hero-celebrity nature in the process.” PeopleNeedsFeelsBelieveNamesSocialProcessNumbersGreaterCrimeHeroSafeEgoJustifiedTrue Hero Author:Lauryn Hill
“For the greater a man's works for the future, the less the present can comprehend them; the harder his fight, and the rarer success. If, however, once in centuries success does come to a man, perhaps in his latter days a faint beam of his coming glory may shine upon him. To be sure, these great men are only the Marathon runners of history; the laurel wreath of the present touches only the brow of the dying hero.” IfsMenMayDoeFightingGreaterCenturyDyingHeroGloryHarderShiningGreat MenLatterRunnersMarathonBeamBrowsLaurelsLatter DaysMarathon RunnersWreaths Author:Adolf Hitler
“I feel a much greater interest in knowing what has passed two or three thousand years ago, than in what is now passing. I read nothing, therefore, but of the heroes of Troy, ... of Pompey and Caesar, and of Augustus too.” FeelsYearsTwoThreeInterestKnowingGreaterHeroThousandYears AgoPassingPassingsThousand YearsAugustusPompey Book:Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson Source: Selected letters of Thomas Jefferson
“'Heroism' is not the same as coping. A man who does his job properly and succeeds through his own efforts is definitely to be commended, but he is not a hero in the classic sense until he deliberately lays his life on the line for a cause he deems to be greater than himself.” MenDoeJobsCausesLinesEffortGreaterHeroSucceedLaysClassicHeroismCoping Author:Jeff Cooper