Perhaps elements like tenacity and humility combine to form a heroic compound.

As we age we begin to grasp at youthful bliss like a life raft in a sea of harsh reality.

If, as has been postulated before, heroism happens when courage meets circumstance, what if the circumstances are mundane?

I asked my Greek chorus about this sort of hero: the Underappreciated Personification of Resolve.

I sing a beautiful song quietly in my heart.

If there is anything in life to worry about at all, it’s your wasted yesterday. Unfortunately, before you worry about it, you have to waste today doing so. Never worry!

What should I take? Something that will not be missed. In the wood at midnight, a magic flower.

When the people are not enlightened enough to exercise intelligent control, you take it from them, not to command their lives, but to create a safe depository for the ultimate powers.

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

This is not a business where you can hand off and run by remote control.

You can't get a suit of armour and a rubber chicken just like that. You have to plan ahead.

Wishing is a goal without energy behind it.

Happy are men who yet before they are killed Can let their veins run cold.