Great Quotes - Funny Quotes - Love Quotes

Be inspired by our amazing collection of free proverbs, sayings and great quotes by famous artists, authors, writers, poets, philosophers and business people. The quotation database contains over 150,000 funny quotes, love quotes and motivational quotes that will do for any occasion. The database is constantly updated with new quotes, proverbs and sayings. Make sure to check our quotes regularly.

Try our free search of constantly updated quotations and proverbs database.

QuotationsAuthorsTopicsKeywords
Browse Topics: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
(Click a letter to view the topics)
Letter "H" » Heroism
«Firemen are going to get killed. When they join the department they face that fact. When a man becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery has been accomplished. What he does after that is all in the line of work. They were not thinking of getting killed when they went where death lurked. They went there to put the fire out, and got killed. Firefighters do not regard themselves as heroes because they do what the business requires.»
«Calculation never made a hero.»
Author: John Henry Newman (Cardinal) | About: Heroism | Keywords: calculation
«Heroes are people who are all good with no bad in them. That's the way I always saw Joe DiMaggio. He was beyond question one of the greatest players of the century.»
«A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success»
«Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom»
Author: Herbert Spencer (Philosopher) | About: Heroism | Keywords: hero worship
«A light supper, a good night's sleep, and a fine morning have often made a hero of the same man who, by indigestion, a restless night, and a rainy morning would have proved a coward»
«Find out what your hero or heroine wants, and when he or she wakes up in the morning, just follow him or her all day.»
Author: Ray Bradbury | About: Heroism | Keywords: heroine, wakes
«Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody»
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson (Essayist, Lecturer, Poet) | About: Heroism | Keywords: oracle, oracles
«Every hero becomes a bore at last.»
«Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.»
Author: Will Rogers | About: Heroism | Keywords: hero, profession, shortest

Pages: « Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next »


Sign up for the most comprehensive database of 800,000 pre-written papers and use them for your research. Order authentic term papers, essays, research papers, dissertations on any topic written by qualified writers.