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“True loyalty consists not in bowing the knee to earthly greatness, or in heroic deeds to "gild the kingly knave, or garnish out the fool," but in noble, generous acts of honest purpose, where truth, honor, and virtue, and a nation's welfare, are dearer than life.”

Purpose Nations Virtue Honest Greatness Fool Honor Deeds Noble Loyalty Knees Welfare Generous Heroic Knaves Heroic Deeds

Author:James Ellis

“Some men make gain a fountain, whence proceeds A stream of liberal and heroic deeds; The swell of pity, not to be confined Within the scanty limits of the mind.”

Men Mind Limits Gains Trade Deeds Pity Streams Heroic Fountain Confined Heroic Deeds

Book:The Poetical Works of William Cowper

Source: The Poetical Works of William Cowper

“All your wounds from craving love Exist because of heroic deeds.”

Deeds Wounds Heroic Craving Heroic Deeds

Author:Hafez

“It is a mystery to me how a theologian can be praised for having brought himself to disbelieve dogmas. I've always thought that those who have brought themselves to believe in dogmas merit the true recognition owing a heroic deed.”

Believe Religion Mystery Deeds Theology Recognition Merit Heroic Dogma Theologian Owing Heroic Deeds

Book:Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

“But nothing is better than a truth which appears not to have the semblance of truth. There is always something incomprehensible about the great heroic deeds performed by humanity because they rise so far beyond the mediocre measure of mere mortals; but it is always only because of the incredible feats that human beings have accomplished that humanity recovers its faith in itself.”

Humans Truth Humanity Human Beings Mere Incredibles Deeds Mortals Accomplished Heroic Mediocre Feats Semblance Mere Mortals Heroic Deeds

Author:Stefan Zweig

“I have played some of the great men in history and I believe in the great man who does heroic deeds, even in these egalitarian times.”

Men Believe Doe I Believe Deeds I Believe In Great Men Heroic Heroic Deeds

Author:Charlton Heston

“Perhaps in our presence, the most heroic deed on earth is done in some silent spirit, the loftiest purpose cherished, the most generous sacrifice made, and we do not suspect it. I believe this greatness to be most common among the multitude, whose names are never heard.”

Source: Self-culture: An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston, September, 1838

“Studies from universities in Holland and Berlin confirm that 80 percent of Muslims in the Netherlands believe it is a heroic deed to travel to Syria as a fighter.”

Believe Study Percent University Deeds Fighter Heroic Syria Berlin Holland Netherlands Heroic Deeds

Author:Geert Wilders

“In my fool hardy youth, when my friends were dreaming of heroic deeds in the realms of engineering and law, finance and national politics, I dreamt of becoming a librarian.”

Dream Law Youth Fool Becoming My Friends Deeds Finance Realms Heroic Engineering Librarian Hardy Heroic Deeds

Book:The Library at Night

Source: The Library at Night

“In an audience of rough people a generous sentiment always brings down the house. In the tumult of war both sides applaud a heroic deed.”

People War House Sides Audience Deeds Appreciation Generous Rough Sentiments Heroic Both Sides Tumult Heroic Deeds

Book:Outdoor Studies, Poems

Source: Outdoor Studies, Poems

“Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.”

Inspirational Fame Philosophical Deeds Reputation Heroic Perfume Heroic Deeds

Book:Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study

Source: Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study

“I was afraid that by observing objects with my eyes and trying to comprehend them with each of my other senses I might blind my soul altogether.”

Trying Soul Might Eye Objects Blind Senses My Soul Observing Heroic Deeds

Author:Socrates

“Heroic deeds, to use whatever dower Heaven has bestowed, to test our utmost power.”

Use Heaven Tests Deeds Heroic Heroic Deeds

Author:Sarah Knowles Bolton

“Let us teach our people again to be proud that they are Filipinos. Let us teach them to realize anew that being a Filipino means having as rich and noble a heritage of language, culture, patriotism and heroic deeds as any nation on earth. Let us teach a steadfast faith in Divine Providence, a stable family institution, the unhampered enjoyment of civil liberties, the advantages of constitutional government, the potentials of a rich and spacious land.”