Definition of Heroic

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Heroic

Of or pertaining to, or like, a hero; of the nature of heroes; distinguished by the existence of heroes; as, the heroic age; an heroic people; heroic valor.

Worthy of a hero; bold; daring; brave; illustrious; as, heroic action; heroic enterprises.

Larger than life size, but smaller than colossal; -- said of the representation of a human figure.

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Heroic Quotations

There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.
Mark Twain

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.
Ansel Adams

When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.
Joseph Campbell

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to the truth and a much more perfect purity of conscience.
Thomas Merton

When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic.
George Orwell

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

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.
Nathaniel Hawthorne

In the material sciences these are and have been, and are most surely likely to continue to be heroic days.
J. Robert Oppenheimer

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

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent.
Dean Koontz

Heroic Translations

heroic in Afrikaans is heldhaftig
heroic in German is heldenhaft
heroic in Norwegian is heroisk
heroic in Spanish is heroico

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