Surely martyrs, irrespective of the special phase of the divine idea for which they gladly give up their bodies to torture and to death, are the truest heroes of history.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The people who have really made history are the martyrs.
They're not put on earth to be martyrs; they have to want to come out. It depends on your culture, where you work, where you live. Each person's circumstances are unique.
Heroes, whatever high ideas we may have of them, are mortal and not divine. We are all as God made us and many of us much worse.
Those who kept their sanity and humanity intact in the face of awful adversity. Heroes named and unnamed, some known only to God.
Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.
I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
It is impossible to strive for the heroic life. The title of hero is bestowed by the survivors upon the fallen, who themselves know nothing of heroism.
I admire many people, but I am not sure that I have any 'heroes.'
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.
A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.
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