A hero cannot be a hero unless in an heroic world

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Topics: Heroism Quotes

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which,...

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which,...

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

Time flies over us, but leaves it shadow behind.

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

It contributes greatly towards a man's moral and intellectual health, to be brought into habits...

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man...

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

A hero cannot be a hero unless in a heroic world.

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

What we call real estate - the solid ground to build a house on -...

But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose

But this had been a sin of passion, not of principle, nor even purpose

Sunlight is painting.

Sunlight is painting.

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to...

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

What other dungeon is so dark as one's own heart! What jailer so inexorable as...

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Easy reading is damned hard writing.

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep...

Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep...

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the...

We must not always talk in the market-place of what happens to us in the...

You are the only person in the world that was ever necessary to me.

You are the only person in the world that was ever necessary to me.

Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling...

Love, whether newly born, or aroused from a deathlike slumber, must always create sunshine, filling...

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

Life is made up of marble and mud.

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for,...

All brave men love; for he only is brave who has affections to fight for,...

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Easy reading is damn hard writing.