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hero remember knows
Aiden Wilson Tozer We can be in our day what the heroes of faith were in their day - but remember at the time they didn't know they were heroes.
hero people villain
Chris Colfer People are not born heroes or villains; they’re created by the people around them.
hero thinking hunting
Chris Abani We are hunting the demons that haunt others. We get a smell and off we go. And you know why, Sunil? You know why we are so good at hunting the demons of others? Because we are so good, gifted even, at stalking and evading our own. But all demons hunters think that they are really heroes, and you know what all heroes need?
hero pride reflection
Edward Gibbon Julian was not insensible of the advantages of freedom. From his studies he had imbibed the spirit of ancient sages and heroes; his life and fortunes had depended on the caprice of a tyrant; and, when he ascended the throne, his pride was sometimes mortified by the reflection that the slaves who would not dare to censure his defects were not worthy to applaud his virtues.
hero faces danger
Edmond Rostand To joke in the face of danger is the supreme politeness, a delicate refusal to cast oneself as a tragic hero.
hero thinking slugs
Ed Belfour One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.
hero writing may
David Remnick A.J. Liebling, one of my heroes, used to say that he could write better than anyone who wrote faster, and faster than anyone who could write better. I'm one nine-hundredth as good as Liebling, but that principle may slightly apply.
hero class community
David Riesman There has been a change in heroes within the working-class community
men listening wish
Charles Dickens Of all bad listeners, the worst and most terrible to encounter is the man who is so fond of listening that he wishes to hear, not only your conversation, but that of every other person in the room.
men
Charles Dickens Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.
men brotherhood common
Charles Dickens The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
men fellow-man spirit
Charles Dickens It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
men laughing people
Charles Dickens When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
men judging world
Charles Dickens Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.
men talking two
Charles Caleb Colton When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not.
men years two
Charles Caleb Colton No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.
men two rogues
Charles Caleb Colton There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.
names mind use
Al Ries Only brand names register in the mind... What you should generally do is take a regular word and use it out of context to connote the primary attribute of your brand.
names legs bigs
Chief Joseph Big name often stands on small legs.
names history expectations
Edward Gibbon Augustus was sensible that mankind is governed by names; nor was he deceived in his expectation, that the senate and people would submit to slavery, provided they were respectfully assured that they still enjoyed their ancient freedom.
names history bishops
Edward Gibbon Such events may be disbelieved or disregarded; but the charity of a bishop, Acacius of Amida, whose name might have dignified the saintly calendar, shall not be lost in oblivion.
names danger middle
Eddie Izzard Danger could be my middle name... But it's John.
names people mouths
David Horowitz You could mention my name in any hallway in any academic institution and you would have people foaming at the mouth.
names cameras invention
David Hockney You can't name the inventor of the camera. The 19th-century invention was chemical: the fixative.
names who-i-am goal
Arnold Schwarzenegger Someday the world is going to know who I am-just be hearing my first name.
names bears week
Bear Grylls I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.