“If there were no heroes, there would be no heroism.”

“Where would be the merit if heroes were never afraid?”

“I am well aware that there is such a great craving in man for heroism and the heroic, and that hero worship forms not a small motif in his complex. I am also aware that, unless man believes in his own heroism and the heroism of others, he cannot achieve much or great things. We must, however, take proper care that we do not make a fetish of this cult of hero-worship, for then we will turn ourselves into votaries of false gods and prophets.”

“Heroes abound at the dawn of civilizations, during pre-Homeric and Gothic epochs, when people, not having yet experienced spiritual torture, satisfy their thirst for renunciation through a derivative: heroism.”

“If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes.”

“Our fathers were demons,' Catarina said. 'Our mothers were heroes.”

“Ah! much those ancient heroes were of old
As patterns of benignity extoll'd:
Whom, though their bosoms did with anger boil;
Rich gifts and softer words would reconcile.”

“There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were”

“They were at the wrong place at the wrong time naturally they became heroes”

“Heroes and victims are the product of the mood they were in when opportunity came or when circumstances were at their worst.”