Top 100 Hero Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary.”

— Gerard Way

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Believe in Yourself Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Monday Motivation Quotes

2. “I Have a Dream”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Goal Quotes, Change Quotes, Opportunity Quotes

3. “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Positive Quotes, Focus Quotes, Love Quotes

4. “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Life Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Leadership Quotes

5. “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Interesting Quotes

6. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.”

— Christopher Reeve

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Empowering Quotes

7. “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.”

— Joseph Campbell

Also featured in: Service Quotes, Purpose Quotes, Sacrifice Quotes

8. “Dreams are not those that come to us while we are sleeping, but dreams are those that you don’t sleep before fulfilling them.”

— Abdul Kalam

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Empowering Quotes, Fulfillment Quotes

9. “There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because conscience tells him it is right.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Values Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Taking Action Quotes

10. “They may torture my body, break my bones, even kill me. Then they will have my dead body, but not my obedience.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Also featured in: Integrity Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Resistance Quotes, Freedom Quotes

11. “I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Morality Quotes, Peace Quotes, Truth Quotes

12. “There is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow of death again and again before we reach the mountaintop of our desires.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Freedom Quotes, Adversity Quotes

13. “You are the hero of your own story.”

— Joseph Campbell

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Inspirational Life Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

14. “Courage is grace under pressure.”

— Ernest Hemingway

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Famous Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Men, Challenges Quotes

15. “From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Meaningful Quotes, Fiction Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Epic Quotes

16. “Peace is the greatest weapon for development that any person can have.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Positive Inspirational Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Peace Quotes, Encouraging Quotes

17. “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”

— Nelson Mandela

Also featured in: Famous Quotes, Acceptance Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Values Quotes

18. “Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.”

— Winston Churchill

Also featured in: Short Motivational Quotes, Overcoming Fear Quotes, Intelligent Quotes, Wednesday Inspirational Quotes

19. “May the Force be with you.”

— George Lucas

Also featured in: Fiction Quotes, Character Quotes, Space Quotes, Adventure Quotes

20. “Though much is taken, much abides; and though We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”

— Alfred Tennyson

Also featured in: Poetry Quotes, Struggle Quotes, Being Strong Quotes, Determination Quotes

21. “If you can’t feed a hundred people, feed just one.”

— Mother Teresa

Also featured in: Christian Motivational Quotes, Care Quotes, Be Kind Quotes, Service Quotes

22. “Courage is never to let your actions be influenced by your fears.”

— Arthur Koestler

Also featured in: Courage Quotes, Business Quotes, Overcoming Fear Quotes, Thought Provoking Quotes

23. “There’s a storm inside of us, a burning river, a drive. You push yourself further than anyone could think possible. You are never out of the fight.”

— Marcus Luttrell

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Warrior Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Adversity Quotes

24. “Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.”

— Napoleon

Also featured in: Greatness Quotes

25. “If I can take it, I can make it.”

— Louis Zamperini

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Athlete Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes, Survival Quotes

26. “Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”

— Nora Ephron

Also featured in: Self-Esteem Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Personality Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Women, Being Strong Quotes

27. “And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?”

— Thomas Babington Macaulay

Also featured in: Fighting Quotes, Struggle Quotes, Sacrifice Quotes

28. “Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.”

— Martin Luther King Jr.

Also featured in: Morality Quotes, Values Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Quotes About Humanity

29. “I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the fire that burns against the cold, the light that brings the dawn, the horn that wakes the sleepers, the shield that guards the realms of men.”

— George R.R. Martin

Also featured in: Warrior Quotes, Epic Quotes, Quotes About Fire

30. “It is far better to live like a lion for a day than to live like a jackal for a hundred years.”

— Tipu Sultan

Also featured in: Boldness Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Being Strong Quotes

31. “I have not yet begun to fight!”

— John Paul Jones

Also featured in: Giving Up Quotes, Resistance Quotes, Fighting Quotes, Quotes About War

32. “Courage is found in unlikely places.”

— J. R. R. Tolkien

Also featured in: Courage Quotes

33. “The big question is whether you are going to be able to say a hearty yes to your adventure.”

— Joseph Campbell

Also featured in: Experience Quotes, Boldness Quotes, Wednesday Motivational Quotes, Adventure Quotes

34. “I’d rather die like a man, than live like a coward.”

— Tupac Shakur

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Overcoming Fear Quotes, Fighting Quotes

35. “Whenever you are confronted with an opponent, conquer him with love.”

— Mahatma Gandhi

Also featured in: Changing the World Quotes, Peace Quotes, Compassion Quotes

36. “Never give up, no matter how hard life gets no matter how much pain you feel. Pain will eventually subside, nothing remains forever, so keep going and don’t give up.”

— Imran Khan

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Giving Up Quotes, Healing Quotes, Survival Quotes

37. “Ours not to reason why, ours but to do and die.”

— Alfred Tennyson

Also featured in: Warrior Quotes, Military Quotes, Duty Quotes, Sacrifice Quotes

38. “The call to adventure signifies that destiny has summoned the hero.”

— Joseph Campbell

Also featured in: Journey Quotes, Storytelling Quotes, Adventure Quotes, Destiny Quotes

39. “I never go back on my word! That’s my nindo, my ninja way!”

— Masashi Kishimoto

Also featured in: Personality Quotes, Not Giving Up Quotes

40. “A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.”

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Also featured in: Courage Quotes

41. “I believe there is only one race – the human race.”

— Rosa Parks

Also featured in: Acceptance Quotes, Values Quotes, Justice Quotes, Respect Quotes

42. “I am stronger than fear.”

— Malala Yousafzai

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Inspirational Quotes for Women, Mental Strength Quotes, Overcoming Fear Quotes, Strong Women Quotes

43. “Bran thought about it. ‘Can a man still be brave if he’s afraid?’ ‘That is the only time a man can be brave,’ his father told him.”

— George R.R. Martin

Also featured in: Fiction Quotes, Fear Quotes

44. “Give me liberty or give me death.”

— Patrick Henry

Also featured in: Freedom Quotes, History Quotes, Quotes on Liberty

45. “Being brave doesn’t mean you aren’t scared. Being brave means you are scared, really scared, badly scared, and you do the right thing anyway.”

— Neil Gaiman

Also featured in: Boldness Quotes, Stay Strong Quotes, Overcoming Fear Quotes, Risk-Taking Quotes

46. “Being a hero doesn’t mean you’re invincible. It just means that you’re brave enough to stand up and do what’s needed.”

— Rick Riordan

Also featured in: Boldness Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Adventure Quotes

47. “Deep in his heart, every man longs for a battle to fight, an adventure to live, and a beauty to rescue.”

— John Eldredge

Also featured in: Warrior Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Men, Adventure Quotes

48. “I guess one person can make a difference.”

— Stan Lee

Also featured in: Impact Quotes, Make A Difference Quotes

49. “Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Blessed Quotes, Quotes About Giving, Virtue Quotes, Humble Quotes

50. “Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same.”

— Gloria Steinem

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Women, Impact Quotes, Helping Others Quotes, Rights Quotes