Quotes of Fighter - somelinesforyou

“ We can't all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by. ”

- Will Rogers

“ Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist — it reduces him to his fighting weight. ”

- Josh Billings

“ In listening mood she seemed to stand,The guardian Naiad of the strand. ”

- Sir Walter Scott

“ A champion is someone who gets up, even when he can't. ”

- Jack Dempsey

“ One murder makes a villain, millions often a hero. ”

- Bishop Porteous

“ Heroes became heroes flaws and all. You don't have to be perfect to fulfill your dream. ”

- Peter McWilliams

“ Being a hero is about the shortest lived profession on earth. ”

- Will Rogers

“ A hero is a man who does what he can. ”

- Romain Rolland

“ Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers. ”

- William Penn

“ As you get older it is harder to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards becoming a champion. ”

- Billie Jean King

“ Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. ”

- Norman Mailer

“ I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. ”

- Bob Dylan

“ What with making their way and enjoying what they have won, heroes have no time to think. But the sons of heroes — ah, they have all the necessary leisure. ”

- Aldous Huxley

“ Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes, greater than the illustrious heroes. ”

- Victor Hugo

“ Who is a hero? He who turns his enemy into a friend. ”

- Talmud

“ We call Japanese soldiers fanatics when they die rather than surrender, whereas American soldiers who do the same thing are called heroes. ”

- Unknown

“ Each man is a hero and an oracle to somebody. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ The hand of the aggressor is stayed by strength — and strength alone. ”

- Dwight D. Eisenhower

“ I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler. ”

- Socrates

“ I am the guardian of power, not its owner. ”

- Vicente Fox

“ So I think rather than being attracted so much now to working with my heroes, I'm sort of more attracted to working with completely unlikely strangers because it's more exciting really. ”

- Neil Finn

“ In death a hero, as in life a friend. ”

- Alexander Pope

“ Regaining the Champions Cup is not going to be easy. ”

- Luis Figo

“ Rarely do they appear great before their valets. ”

- Jean de la Bruyere

“ It isn't everybody who is the hero of his own romance, and when we meet one he is likely to be a fascinating monster. ”

- Robertson Davies

“ Human history is work history. The heroes of the people are work heroes. ”

- Meridel Le Sueur

“ Inches make champions. ”

- Vince Lombardi

“ The aggressor is always peace-loving; he would prefer to take over our country unopposed. ”

- Carl von Clausewitz

“ The adventure of the hero is the adventure of being alive. ”

- Joseph Campbell
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