Nobody, they say, is a hero to his valet. Of course; for a man must be a hero to understand a hero. The valet, I dare say, has great respect for some person of his own stamp.
Great men need to be lifted upon the shoulders of the whole world, in order to conceive their great ideas or perform their great deeds. That is, there must be an atmosphere of greatness round about them. A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world.
Do you know who a hero is? Nine times out of ten, a hero is someone who is tired enough, cold enough, and hungry enough not to give a damn. I don't give a damn.
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others, at whatever cost.
Arthur Ashe
Today, looking at the mirror, I've found what I was searching for year. I've found my hero.
Sir. Ethan Loods-Laton
Heroes abilities are not limited by the impossible but by what is needed of them.
You put your life on the line, no one really appreciates you enough for it. Being a hero isn't what it's cracked up to be anymore.
Luis Sera from the video game Resident Evil 4.
In the real world, heroes don't look like me. In the real world, they got bad teeth, a bald spot and a beer gut. I'm just an actor with a gun, who's lost his motivation.
Kyle Chandler as 'Bruce Baxter' in King Kong (2005)
You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.
Harvey Dent/Two Face, The Dark Knight.
Maybe a real hero's the last one to hear about it.