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We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

We shouldn't be looking for heroes, we should be looking for good ideas.

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Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.

Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.

by Thomas Carlyle Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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The boy stood on the burning deck
Whence all but he had fled;
The flame that lit read more

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.
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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.

by Mrs. Felicia D. Hemans Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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Ferryman ho! In the night so black
Hark to the clank of iron;
'Tis heroes of the read more

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!

by Lucien Boyer Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.

Heroes as great have died, and yet shall fall.

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As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.)
[Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.]

As the master so the valet. (Like master, like man.)
[Fr., Fel maltre, tel valet.]

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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To a valet no man is a hero.
[Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]

To a valet no man is a hero.
[Ger., Es gibt fur den Kammerdiener keiner Helden.]

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The hero is the world-man, in whose heart
One passion stands for all, the most indulged.

The hero is the world-man, in whose heart
One passion stands for all, the most indulged.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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Rarely do they appear great before their valets.
[Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur
valets-de-chambre.]

Rarely do they appear great before their valets.
[Fr., Rarement ils sont grands vis-a-vis de leur
valets-de-chambre.]

by Jean De La Bruyere Found in: Heroes Quotes,
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