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True heroics, obviously, is not the absence of fear, but having that fear and doing something anyway.

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

People aren't universally heroic.

The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.

That's what heroic stories do for us. They show us the way. They remind us of the good we are capable of.

Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

I was never able to write seriously about heroes because I was very aware that I was not one and that in my background there was not this heroic thing.

In the film world, we can all be heroes. In the real world, where heroism can cost you your life or the life of the ones you love, people aren't so willing to make those sacrifices. When they do, they are set apart from the rest of us.

Heroic people take risks to themselves to help others. There's nothing heroic about accepting $5 million to go out and run around chasing a ball, although you may show fortitude or those other qualities while you do it.