“Heroes only come in three kinds:dead, damaged or dubious.”

“Once the state has been founded, there can no longer be any heroes. They come on the scene only in uncivilized conditions.”

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831) German philosopher

“Heroes come and go, but legends are forever.”

Kobe Bryant (1978–2020) American basketball player

“Crooked spin can't come to rest,I'm damaged bad at best.”

Elliott Smith (1969–2003) American singer-songwriter

“Where there are villains, there will be heroes. Just wait. They will come.”

Brandon Sanderson (1975) American fantasy writer

“Nominal damages are in effect, only a peg to hang costs on.”

William Henry Maule (1788–1858) British politician

“No man, and only one hero, had been called invincible before him, and then only by a poet, but the hero was Heracles, ancestor of the Macedonian kings.”

Robin Lane Fox (1946) Historian, educator, writer, gardener

“When the moment comes, will you take your chance to be a hero?”

Eoin Colfer (1965) Irish author of children's books

“Hero is a misnomer. India is the only place left in the world where we call our stars heroes and heroines.”

Shahrukh Khan (1965) Indian actor, producer and television personality

“There are no heroes on the battlefield, my lady; there are only survivors.”

Elizabeth Hoyt (1970) American writer