Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You cannot be a hero without being a coward.
The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.
Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.
Heroes in drama are people who try hard to reach a virtuous ideal. And whether they succeed or fail really doesn't matter - it's the trying that counts.
When cowardice is made respectable, its followers are without number both from among the weak and the strong; it easily becomes a fashion.
Some people are cowards... I think by and large a third of people are villains, a third are cowards, and a third are heroes. Now, a villain and a coward can choose to be a hero, but they've got to make that choice.
Heroes are never perfect, but they're brave, they're authentic, they're courageous, determined, discreet, and they've got grit.
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