“Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver 5 minutes longer.”

“In wartime a man is called a hero. It doesn't make him any braver, and he runs for his life. But at least it's a hero who is running away.”

Jean Giraudoux The Trojan War Will Not Take Place

“5 by 5 rule… If it's not gonna matter in 5 years, don't spend more than 5 minutes upset by it.”

Ralph Smart

“A hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer.”

Novalis (1772–1801) German poet and writer

“Your most vauluable asset can be your willingness to persist longer than anyone else.”

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer

“I would rather be confused for 10 minutes than bored for 5 seconds.”

Russell T. Davies (1963) Screenwriter, former executive producer of Doctor Who

“I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

“Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.”

Czeslaw Milosz (1911–2004) Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator

“We have always been the leader in security and in encryption. Our systems are far more secure and encrypted than anyone else, including Apple. They're catching up, which is great.”

Eric Schmidt (1955) software engineer, businessman

“If 60 Minutes will not do a story on me, it's their problem not mine. I'm changing the world; they're just reporting on it.”

Dov Charney (1969) Canadian-born U.S. based fashion designer/businessman