<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Heroes - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://www.maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66896]]></link><description><![CDATA[A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/66896</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64792]]></link><description><![CDATA[My belt holds my pants up, but the belt loops hold my belt up. I don't really know what's happening down there. Who is the real hero?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64792</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA['Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64361]]></link><description><![CDATA['Heroes' really changed the game for me in a way that nothing before it had.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/64361</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63431]]></link><description><![CDATA[As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/63431</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rarely do they appear great before their valets. [Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur valets-de-chambre.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19237]]></link><description><![CDATA[Rarely do they appear great before their valets. [Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur valets-de-chambre.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19237</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There are heroes in evil as well as in good. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19238]]></link><description><![CDATA[There are heroes in evil as well as in good.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19238</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none should wear a fether but he who had killed ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19231]]></link><description><![CDATA[It hath been an antient custom among them [Hungarians] that none should wear a fether but he who had killed a Turk, to whom onlie yt was lawful to shew the number of his slaine enemys by the number of fethers in his cappe.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19231</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled;  The flame that lit the battle's ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19232]]></link><description><![CDATA[The boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled;  The flame that lit the battle's wreck,   Shone round him o'er the dead.    . . . .     The flames roll'd on--he would not go      Without his Father's word;       That father, faint in death below,        His voice no longer heard.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19233]]></link><description><![CDATA[Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19233</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Many heroes lived before Agamemnon, but they are all unmourned, and consigned to oblivion, because they had no bard to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19234]]></link><description><![CDATA[Many heroes lived before Agamemnon, but they are all unmourned, and consigned to oblivion, because they had no bard to sing their praises. [Lat., Vixere fortes ante Agamemnona  Multi: sed omnes illacrimabiles   Urgentur, ignotique longa    Nocte, carent quia vate sacro.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19234</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection, and will, in turn, be supplanted by ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19235]]></link><description><![CDATA[The idol of to-day pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection, and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of to-morrow.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19235</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19236]]></link><description><![CDATA[Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from hand to hand.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19236</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.) [Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19217]]></link><description><![CDATA[As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.) [Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19217</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ferryman ho! In the night so black Hark to the clank of iron;  'Tis heroes of the Yser,  ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19218]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ferryman ho! In the night so black Hark to the clank of iron;  'Tis heroes of the Yser,   'Tis sweethearts of glory,    'Tis lads who are unafraid!     Ferryman ho!]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19219]]></link><description><![CDATA[I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19220]]></link><description><![CDATA[Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19220</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19221]]></link><description><![CDATA[If Hero means sincere man, why may not every one of us be a Hero?]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19221</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among Mankind. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19222]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among Mankind.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19222</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A man must indeed be a hero to appear such in the eyes of his valet. [Fr., Il faut etre ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19223]]></link><description><![CDATA[A man must indeed be a hero to appear such in the eyes of his valet. [Fr., Il faut etre bien heros pour l'etre aux yeux de son valet-de-chambre.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19223</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He's of stature somewhat low-- Your hero always should be tall, you know. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19224]]></link><description><![CDATA[He's of stature somewhat low-- Your hero always should be tall, you know.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19224</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[No man is a hero to his valet. [Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19225]]></link><description><![CDATA[No man is a hero to his valet. [Fr., Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet-de-chambre.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19225</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19226]]></link><description><![CDATA[Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody, and to that person whatever he says has an enhanced value.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-trust is the essence of heroism. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19227]]></link><description><![CDATA[Self-trust is the essence of heroism.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19227</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats;  Chambers of the great are jails, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19228]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats;  Chambers of the great are jails,   And head-winds right for royal sails.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19228</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To a valet no man is a hero. [Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19229]]></link><description><![CDATA[To a valet no man is a hero. [Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19230]]></link><description><![CDATA[But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free,  Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word,   And in its hollow tones are heard    The thanks of millions yet to be.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19230</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19216]]></link><description><![CDATA[The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19216</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19215]]></link><description><![CDATA[My valet-de-chambre sings me no such song.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/19215</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2655]]></link><description><![CDATA[We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2655</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hail, Columbia! happy land! Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!  Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2410]]></link><description><![CDATA[Hail, Columbia! happy land! Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!  Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause.]]></description><guid>http://www.maxioms.com/maxiom/2410</guid></item></channel></rss>