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«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.»
«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.»
Author: Mickey Mantle
(Baseball Player)
| About:
Heroism,
Sports
| Keywords:
beyond question, DiMaggio, Joe, Joe DiMaggio
«A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success»
Author: Otto von Bismarck
(Chancellor, Founder, Prime Minister)
| About:
Generosity,
Heroism,
Men
| Keywords:
design, execution, generosity, moderation, signs
«Hero-worship is strongest where there is least regard for human freedom»
«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»
Author: Lord Chesterfield
(Diplomat, Statesman, Wit)
| About:
Cowardice,
Heroism
| Keywords:
good night, Hero of, indigestion, rainy, restless, supper
«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.»
«Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody»
«Every hero becomes a bore at last.»
«Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.»
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