Glenn Greenwald

To me, it's a heroic attribute to be so committed to a principle that you apply it, not when it's easy, not when it supports your position, not when it protects people you like, but when it defends and protects people that you hate.

American Journalist

Evan Bayh

Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility for their children and recognize the impact they have on their families' well-being.

American Politician

Dwayne Johnson

I think that always makes it fun, trying to create a heroic character and putting your own twist on it and injecting your own personality into it.

American Actor

Gaspar Noe

My characters are never heroic. They are mostly lost and trying to find the right door to open and they end up opening the wrong doors.

Argentinian Director

Benjamin Disraeli

Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.

British Statesman

Ansel Adams

Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world.

American Photographer

James Salter

I've always said that I felt women are more heroic.

American Novelist

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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

Jessica Lynch

The truth is always more heroic than the hype.

American Soldier

Edward Albert

Use 'heroic' to highlight bold actions, often in life-saving or crisis situations.

Action-Oriented

'Heroic' denotes exceptional situations, rather than everyday bravery or courage.

Not Everyday Use

'Heroic' is often used to offer the highest praise for courage shown by individuals.

Superlative Praise

Use 'heroic' when referring to people who have achieved something that earns lasting admiration.

Legendary Status

'Heroic' characters often inspire others by their example in stories or real life.

Inspiration Source

In literature, 'heroic' often describes something of a greatness that's influential in culture.

Cultural Impact

'Heroic' in art or architecture reflects large scale that impresses or awes viewers.

Scale and Grandeur

'Heroic' conveys a sense of ancient legends or timeless tales with grand themes.

Mythic Quality

Use 'heroic' in literary context to signify deeds or qualities that go beyond the mundane.

Beyond Ordinary

 We navigated by looking at landmarks on the comet. We recognized features -- boulders, craters -- and that's how we know where we are respective to the comet. And, of course, it's the first satellite to go beyond the orbit of Jupiter on solar cells. Now, this sounds more heroic than it actually is,

Fred Jansen: How to land...

 Path two, you become guilty of the evil of passive inaction. Path three, you become a hero. The point is, are we ready to take the path to celebrating ordinary heroes, waiting for the right situation to come along to put heroic imagination into action? Because it may only happen once in your life,

The psychology of evil PIPE...

 these two heroic horses that would indeed carry me all the way to the Danube and it's not hard to understand why in the past on the steppe people were always buried with their best mounts because the horse literally carries people into life in step through

Tim Cope: On the Trail...

 This heroic story is not just another myth. Myths are fictions, but this one is true, true to the best of our knowledge, which is the only truth we can have. As we learn more, we can show which parts of the story continue to be true and which ones false,

Is the world getting...

 including mangrove swamps, old-growth forests, and, of course, bat caves. So even though I'm the hero of the story, I do need to be saved. And now that you know the true story about us bats, you can learn how to protect such heroic animals.

The truth about bats -...

 many were skeptical, considering the epic to be pure fiction, a founding myth imagining a bygone heroic era. But some scholars believed that behind the superhuman feats and divine miracles there must have been a grain of historical truth -

Did ancient Troy really...

 young animals making their first stab at independence and finding out how tough it is to live in an adult world and I think that's something that we can all relate to these animals are not only heroic but they're truly admirable

Choosing Exciting...

 are good reasons why both were from rich and influential families both were defenders of freedom both were heroic and war but apprehensive about marshalling the peace both resisted efforts to make them Kings and both were

The impact of Simón...

 or you could view it as fundamentally a heroic act that will work towards America and the world's long-term good? Those are the two choices I'll give you. I'm curious to see who's willing to vote with the first of those,

How we take back the...

 This step, for the anti-hero, is seldom a matter of brave, wise and heroic opposition. Maybe the anti-hero fights and succeeds in destroying the oppressive government, with a lot of impossible luck.