"The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor.
He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that
he's a hero the whole time. "
~Frank Miller
"No hero is mortal till he dies."
~W. H. Auden
"No man is a hero in his own country."
~John Monash
"One must think like a hero to behave
like a merely decent human being."
~May Sarton
"I think of a hero as someone who understands
the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom."
~Bob Dylan
"I think a hero is an ordinary individual
who finds strength to persevere and endure
in spite of overwhelming obstacles."
~Christopher Reeve
"And there is no trade or employment
but the man following it may become a hero."
~Walt Whitman