A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
Edgar Watson Howe

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

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

A hero has faced it all: he need not be undefeated, but he must be undaunted.
Andrew Bernstein

A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker.
Andrew Bernstein

A hero is a man who does what he can.
Romain Rolland

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
Christopher Reeve

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
Plato

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

A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.
Novalis

A hero is somebody who is selfless, who is generous in spirit, who just tries to give back as much as possible and help people. A hero to me is someone who saves people and who really deeply cares.
Debi Mazar

A hero is someone right who doesn't change.
George Foreman

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.
Kitty Kelley

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.
Joseph Campbell

A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.
Bob Dylan

A man who kills on his own is a murderer. A man who kills at his government's request is a national hero.
Ramman Kenoun

A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.
Richard E. Byrd

A warrior is free to be a hero and pull off daring do and the soldier is irresponsible if he does it.
C. J. Cherryh

After being Washington's aide for four years and becoming the hero of Yorktown, Hamilton was viewed with a great deal of suspicion because of his association with Tories.
Ron Chernow

Always the heavy and never the hero - that's me.
Leonard Warren