heroic

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c90f516	To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.	clever courage courageous crazy death definition hero heroes heroic heroism inspirational life living living-life-to-the-fullest motivational soldier stand stand-out success warrior winning	Criss Jami
7ff842c	Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.	greatnesstness heroic triumph victory	John Steinbeck
1a3eb20	On some such night as this she remembered promising to herself to live as brave and noble a life as any heroine she ever read or heard of in romance, a life sans peur et sans reproche; it had seemed to her then that she had only to will, and such a life would be accomplished. And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic. Trusting to herself, she had fallen.	heroic individual-will noble prayer strength wisdom	Elizabeth Gaskell
ea641be	Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother's elder brother.	death heroic life	J.R.R. Tolkien
8d9fbc9	"If you are lost, I will find you. If you are in danger, I will protect you," he said seriously. "It's what a gentleman does, Elysse." ~Alexi de Warenne to Elysse O'Neil"	heroic romance	Brenda Joyce
abcc823	It was not until the year 1808 that Great Britain abolished the slave trade. Up to that time her judges, sitting upon the bench in the name of justice, her priests, occupying her pulpits, in the name of universal love, owned stock in the slave ships, and luxuriated upon the profits of piracy and murder. It was not until the same year that the United States of America abolished the slave trade between this and other countries, but carefully preserved it as between the States. It was not until the 28th day of August, 1833, that Great Britain abolished human slavery in her colonies; and it was not until the 1st day of January, 1863, that , sustained by the sublime and heroic North, rendered our flag pure as the sky in which it floats. was, in my judgment, in many respects, the grandest man ever President of the United States. Upon his monument these words should be written: ' .' Think how long we clung to the institution of human slavery, how long lashes upon the naked back were a legal tender for labor performed. Think of it. .	execration grand hate heroic lash liberty lincoln love mercy monument president profit purity slavery tyranny united-states	Robert G. Ingersoll
2d82061	I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down.	heroic knights ups-and-downs	John Steinbeck
ffce492	"If I say I will protect you, I will." ~Alexi de Warenne to Elysse O'Neill"	heroic romantic	Brenda Joyce
031875e	Compare King William with the philosopher Haeckel. The king is one of the anointed by the most high, as they claim--one upon whose head has been poured the divine petroleum of authority. . Compare with Queen Victoria. The Queen is clothed in garments given her by blind fortune and unreasoning chance, while . The world is beginning to pay homage to intellect, to genius, to heart. We have advanced. .	benefit bravery chance colossus eliot ernst-haeckel genius george-eliot glory haeckel heart heroic homage intellect king-william queen-victoria sacrifice sublime	Robert G. Ingersoll
9b2e7ff	"When you do something stupid and die, it's pathetic," I said. "When you do something stupid and survive it, then you get to call it impressive or heroic."	heroic stupid	Jim Butcher

c90f516

To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.

clever courage courageous crazy death definition hero heroes heroic heroism inspirational life living living-life-to-the-fullest motivational soldier stand stand-out success warrior winning

Criss Jami

7ff842c

Somewhere in the world there is a defeat for everyone. Some are destroyed by defeat, and some made small and mean by victory. Greatness lives in one who triumphs equally over defeat and victory.

greatnesstness heroic triumph victory

John Steinbeck

1a3eb20

On some such night as this she remembered promising to herself to live as brave and noble a life as any heroine she ever read or heard of in romance, a life sans peur et sans reproche; it had seemed to her then that she had only to will, and such a life would be accomplished. And now she had learnt that not only to will, but also to pray, was a necessary condition in the truly heroic. Trusting to herself, she had fallen.

heroic individual-will noble prayer strength wisdom

Elizabeth Gaskell

ea641be

Of the twelve companions of Thorin, ten remained. Fili and Kili had fallen defending him with shield and body, for he was their mother's elder brother.

death heroic life

J.R.R. Tolkien

8d9fbc9

"If you are lost, I will find you. If you are in danger, I will protect you," he said seriously. "It's what a gentleman does, Elysse." ~Alexi de Warenne to Elysse O'Neil"

heroic romance

Brenda Joyce

abcc823

It was not until the year 1808 that Great Britain abolished the slave trade. Up to that time her judges, sitting upon the bench in the name of justice, her priests, occupying her pulpits, in the name of universal love, owned stock in the slave ships, and luxuriated upon the profits of piracy and murder. It was not until the same year that the United States of America abolished the slave trade between this and other countries, but carefully preserved it as between the States. It was not until the 28th day of August, 1833, that Great Britain abolished human slavery in her colonies; and it was not until the 1st day of January, 1863, that , sustained by the sublime and heroic North, rendered our flag pure as the sky in which it floats. was, in my judgment, in many respects, the grandest man ever President of the United States. Upon his monument these words should be written: ' .' Think how long we clung to the institution of human slavery, how long lashes upon the naked back were a legal tender for labor performed. Think of it. .

execration grand hate heroic lash liberty lincoln love mercy monument president profit purity slavery tyranny united-states

Robert G. Ingersoll

2d82061

I have seen too many men go down, and I never permit myself to forget that one day, through accident or under the charge of a younger, stronger knight, I too will go down.

heroic knights ups-and-downs

John Steinbeck

ffce492

"If I say I will protect you, I will." ~Alexi de Warenne to Elysse O'Neill"

heroic romantic

Brenda Joyce

031875e

Compare King William with the philosopher Haeckel. The king is one of the anointed by the most high, as they claim--one upon whose head has been poured the divine petroleum of authority. . Compare with Queen Victoria. The Queen is clothed in garments given her by blind fortune and unreasoning chance, while . The world is beginning to pay homage to intellect, to genius, to heart. We have advanced. .

benefit bravery chance colossus eliot ernst-haeckel genius george-eliot glory haeckel heart heroic homage intellect king-william queen-victoria sacrifice sublime

Robert G. Ingersoll

9b2e7ff

"When you do something stupid and die, it's pathetic," I said. "When you do something stupid and survive it, then you get to call it impressive or heroic."

heroic stupid

Jim Butcher