True courage is not the brutal force of vulgar heroes, but the firm resolve of virtue and reason.

A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism -how passionately I hate them!

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

It's a story of terrific heroism (with) many, many dramatic stories of individuals,

The more characteristic American hero in the earlier day, and the more beloved type at all times, was not the hustler but the whittler.