Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced value. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Self-trust is the essence of heroism. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We can't all be heroes because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. Will Rogers

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A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. Ralph Waldo Emerson

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True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost. Arthur Ashe

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You don't have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things - to compete. You can be just an ordinary chap, sufficiently motivated. Sir Edmund Hillary

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Heroes and cowards feel exactly the same fear. Heroes just react to it differently. Cus D'Amato

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Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards; they simply unveil them to the eyes of men. Silently and perceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we grow strong or weak; and last some crisis shows what we have become. Brooke Westcott

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[I]f you don't know somebody very well, you can ask them, "Who are your heroes?" You can learn a lot about someone by knowing who their heroes are. Steve Jobs

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The bravest and most noble are not those who take up arms, but those who are decent despite everything; who improve what it is in their power to improve, but do not imagine themselves to be saviours. In their humble struggle is true heroism. Theodore Dalrymple

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Remember that the chance to do the great heroic work may or may not come. If it does not come, then all that there can be to our credit is the faithful performance of every-day duty. That is all that most of us throughout our lives have the chance to do, and it is enough, because it is the beginning, because it means most for the Nation when done, and if the time for the showing of heroism does come you may guarantee that those who show it are most likely to be the people who have done their duty in average times as the occasion for doing the duty arose. Theodore Roosevelt

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