The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong.

The system of heroism depends on women to be weak so men can be strong.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

What is a hero without love for mankind.

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because read more

The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

In war the heroes always outnumber the soldiers ten to one.

The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when read more

The characteristic of genuine heroism is its persistency. All men have wandering impulses, fits and starts of generosity. But when you have resolved to be great, abide by yourself, and do not try to reconcile yourself with the world. The heroic cannot be common, nor the common heroic.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us.

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

What is a society without a heroic dimension?

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.

Unhappy the land that is in need of heroes.