“I believe that our lives, just like fairy tales - the stories that have been written by us humans, through our own experiences of living - will always have a Hero and a Heroine, a Fairy Godmother and a Wicked Witch.” BelieveHumansHas BeensStoriesI BelieveOur LivesWrittenHeroTalesFairyWickedWitchFairy TaleHeroinesGodmotherFairy GodmotherWicked Witch Book:The Girl on the Cliff Source: The Girl on the Cliff
“My opinion is that we have, in the person of Da Free John, a Spiritual Master and religious genius of the ultimate degree. I assure you I do not mean that lightly. I am not tossing out high-powered phrases to 'hype' the works of Da Free John. I am simply offering to you my own considered opinion: Da Free John's teaching is, I believe, unsurpassed by that of any other spiritual Hero, of any period, of any place, of any time, of any persuasion.” BelieveMeanPersonsSpiritualI BelieveReligiousMy OwnOpinionTeachingMastersGeniusHeroPeriodsDegreesUltimatePhrasesOfferingPersuasionHypeSpiritual Masters Author:Ken Wilber
“It has become a common feeling, I believe, as we have watched our heroes falling over the years, that our own small stone of activism, which might not seem to measure up to the rugged boulders of heroism we have so admired, is a paltry offering toward the building of an edifice of hope. Many who believe this choose to withhold their offerings out of shame. This is the tragedy of the world. For we can do nothing substantial toward changing our course on the planet, a destructive one, without rousing ourselves, individual by individual, and bringing our small, imperfect stones to the pile.” WorldYearsBelieveFeelingsSeemsMightFallCoursesIndividualI BelieveCan DoCommonBuildingPlanetsHeroStonesTragedyShameActivismDestructiveImperfectOfferingHeroismEdificeRuggedBoulders Book:Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism Source: Anything We Love Can Be Saved: A Writer's Activism
“I make people laugh for a living. I believe I can say objectively that what I do I do as well as anybody. Just say I'm one of the best broken field runners that ever lived. For 35 years I was a cult hero, an underground funny.” PeopleYearsBelieveWellsI CanI BelieveLaughingFieldsBrokenHeroRunnersCultMaking People Laugh Author:Mel Brooks
“Nature I believe in. True art aims to, represent men and women, not as my little self would have them, but as they appear. My heroes and heroines I want not extreme types, all good or all bad; but human, mortal--partly good, partly bad. Realism I need. Pure mental abstractions have no significance for me.” MenWantNeedsBelieveHumansLittlesArtSelfI BelieveTypeHeroPureMen And WomenAimExtremesI Believe InMortalsSignificanceRealismAbstractionMy HeroHeroinesAuthorshipHeroes And Heroines Author:Ouida
“[On gay ban in the military:] Heroism, I believe, is a trait that does not know race, color, creed, sex, or sexual orientation.” KnowsBelieveDoeI BelieveSexRaceMilitaryColorHeroGayTraitsCreedsHeroismBansOrientation Author:Dianne Feinstein
“It isnt only fictional heroes to whom toast means home and comfort. It is related of the Duke of Wellington - I believe by Lord Ellesmere - that when he landed at Dover in 1814, after six years absence from England, the first order he gave at the Ship Inn was for an unlimited supply of buttered toast.” YearsFirstsBelieveMeanHomeOrderI BelieveLordHeroComfortSixEnglandAbsenceShipsRelatedUnlimitedToastsDukesInnsWellingtonDover Book:A Taste of the Sun Source: A Taste of the Sun