“Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.”
Siuan Sanche
(15 October 1991)
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“Why did he get himself killed for us?" "Because he was a hero. And that is what heroes do.”
David Gemmell book The King Beyond the Gate
Source: Drenai series, The King Beyond the Gate, Ch. 20
Context: "We irritated him, he told me. Why did he get himself killed for us?" "Because he was a hero. And that is what heroes do. You understand?"
Shahrukh Khan (1965) Indian actor, producer and television personality
From interview with David Light
“He did what heroes do after their work is accomplished; he died.”
Leo Tolstoy book War and Peace
Source: War and Peace
“Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal.”
Irena Sendler (1910–2008) Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer
Quoted in "Irena Sendlerowa: Warsaw social worker who rescued thousands from the Jewish ghetto" by Rupert Cornwell in The Independent (14 May 2008)
Mashrafe Mortaza (1983) Bangladeshi international cricketer and politician
https://www.clickittefaq.com/freedom-fighters-are-heroes-not-cricketers-mashrafe/
“Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we believe we can do.”
Lloyd Alexander book The Book of Three
Author's Note
Source: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book I: The Book of Three (1964)
Context: Most of us are called on to perform tasks far beyond what we believe we can do. Our capabilities seldom match our aspirations, and we are often woefully unprepared. To this extent, we are all Assistant Pig-Keepers at heart.
James Richardson (1950) American poet
#155
Vectors: Aphorisms and Ten Second Essays (2001)
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Source: The Boy Crisis (2018), pp. 36
