Showing posts with label heroism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label heroism. Show all posts

04 April 2012

...Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.

" 'Unhappy is the land that breeds no hero.' 'No ... Unhappy is the land that needs a hero.' " -Bertolt Brecht; Life of Galileo

29 May 2011

...and not to yield.

"... and tho' / We are not now that strength which in old days / Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are; / One equal temper of heroic hearts, / Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will / To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield." -Alfred Lord Tennyson; Ulysses

24 May 2011

But you have not been 'chosen'...

"But you have not been 'chosen'. You choose for yourself what you are and what you will be." -The Longest Journey

There is no 'chosen one'...

"There is no 'chosen one'... There are only those who would, and those who wouldn't." -The Longest Journey

Some are born for greatness...

"Some are born for greatness, / Some are born to fall, / Some are bound to be forgotten / Like they never lived at all." -Unknown Song

We're our own dragons...

"We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves." -Tom Robbins

19 May 2011

but, be not afraid of greatness...

"... but, be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have a greatness thust upon 'em." -William Shakespeare; Twelfth Night

18 May 2011

The greatest person is a person...

"The greatest person is a person who will give their life for others, and know all the while, that they are doing so." -Unknown

Heroes aren't born or made...

"Heroes aren't born or made, they make themselves. There are probably lots of heroes who never do anything heroic. It doesn't matter. Failing doesn't matter. What matters is trying again." -Jan Siegel; Prospero's Children

17 May 2011

Who's soul is greater...

"Whose soul is greater than the ocean and spirit greater than the sea's embrace." -Shakespeare in Love

What is Nobility? What is Heroism...

"What is Nobility? What is Heroism? Is it the greatness of the strong? Or is it the heart to strive when hope no longer lives?" -Jennifer Diane; Unicorn Jelly