Source: Un Lun Dun
“Where would be the merit if heroes were never afraid?”
Où serait le mérite, si les héros n’avaient jamais peur?
Source: Tartarin de Tarascon (1872), P. 204; translation p. 80.
Source: "Why Are They Laughing In Those Cages?", in Travels in Hyperreality : Essays (1986), Ch. III : The Gods of the Underworld, p. 122
Context: The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. If it had been possible he would have settled the matter otherwise, and without bloodshed.
Context: The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. If it had been possible he would have settled the matter otherwise, and without bloodshed. He doesn't boast of his own death or of others'. But he does not repent. He suffers and keeps his mouth shut; if anything, others then exploit him, making him a myth, while he, the man worthy of esteem, was only a poor creature who reacted with dignity and courage in an event bigger than he was.
“You don’t hire for skills, you hire for attitude. You can always teach skills.”
Source: Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
“We always find it difficult to forgive our heroes for being human.”
Source: Well Witched
“Do you love me Hero?" His pale green eyes were full of torment. "Do you love me like I love you?”
Source: Notorious Pleasures
“You cannot be a hero without being a coward.”
Preface http://books.google.com/books?id=u4xiAAAAMAAJ&q=%22You+cannot+be+a+hero+without+being+a+coward%22&pg=PR13#v=onepage
1900s, John Bull's Other Island (1907)
