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Hero Quotes

On heroes, idols, and who we choose to look up to.

These quotes look at what it means to have a hero, whether that's a musician admired from the audience or a childhood icon like Mickey Mouse who fits several roles at once. Explore more in Inspiration quotes.

My childhood hero was David Attenborough. He opened my eyes to the wonder of the natural world. In fact, he’s still my hero. I interviewed him at the Science Museum in 2015, and he is such a thoughtful, humble and...

Quotes by Alice Roberts

Kanye West, I love you. You might not have known, but I have said in other interviews that you're my hero.

Quotes by Ali Shaheed Muhammad

I am lucky I got roles where I worked for just seven days and made equal impact with the hero who worked for 70 days.

Quotes by Ali

It's always nice to be treated as a hero.

Quotes by Ali

I played few hero roles in the initial days of my career, but audiences loved me for my comic timing and, therefore, I later turned comedian.

Quotes by Ali

It was director Krishna Reddy who introduced me as a hero. All my films with him have been very successful.

Quotes by Ali

I don't see a full-fledged career in Hollywood. I am happy with the cameos. Even Tom Cruise will only do special appearances in our films; he wouldn't do a full hero movie. But it's good to act in different cinema.

Quotes by Ali Fazal

The big stars I felt a kinship with were never the romantic leads. It wasn't Steve McQueen or Robert Redford - it was people like Walter Matthau and Anthony Quinn. My big hero was Tommy Cooper.

Quotes by Alfred Molina

If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.

Quotes by Alfred P. Sloan

Luck is everything... My good luck in life was to be a really frightened person. I'm fortunate to be a coward, to have a low threshold of fear, because a hero couldn't make a good suspense film.

Quotes by Alfred Hitchcock

History contains heroes, but no one is a hero entirely, and no one is a hero for very long.

Quotes by Alexandra Petri

To every little girl, her father is a hero. My father actually is one.

Quotes by Alexandra Kerry

To every little girl her father is a hero.

Quotes by Alexandra Kerry

It's taken some getting used to, that my father actually is a hero.

Quotes by Alexandra Kerry

The bad guy in any good storytelling is always, in some weird way, a mirror for your hero's journey and for the challenges that they are facing and is some weird physical externalization of that fear that the character is...

Quotes by Alex Kurtzman

Being an old radical, I like films like Spartacus. I could relate to the hero.

Quotes by Alex North

When you're winning, you're a hero. When you're losing, you're a bum... I'm as bad as the fans, believe me. If they only knew how I hate losing and what we go through to try to win.

Quotes by Alex Spanos

I seem to be like a hero to people, it's crazy.

Quotes by Alex Iwobi

This is a club with a very big history, and the fans are a big part of that. There will be pressure here, for sure, but I like pressure. I also know about the famous players who have played for...

Quotes by Aleksandar Mitrovic

The kids look at me, 'Ah, you're my hero.' I want to teach those kids. 'Hey listen, God is my hero. He died on the cross for my sins, and He's the one. That's how I wanna live - like...

Quotes by Albert Pujols

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these hero quotes have in common?
These quotes explore how we relate to heroes and idols - real people, cultural icons, and even fictional characters. One captures pure personal admiration: "Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration," describing visits to see a performer named Bobby. For more on that feeling of being personally inspired, see Inspiration quotes.
Is there a quote about a specific real hero?
Yes - one quote is direct and heartfelt: "Glenn Gould was my hero. Glenn Gould was my idol. I loved him." It's a simple, repeated declaration of admiration for a named figure.
Do any of these quotes mention fictional heroes?
Yes. One quote points out that a hero doesn't have to come from real life: "Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse," showing how a cartoon character can fill the same role as a real-life hero.
Do heroes stay heroes forever, according to these quotes?
Not necessarily - one quote takes a more cynical, cyclical view: "The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow." It suggests admiration is often temporary rather than permanent, which touches on ideas found in Legacy quotes too.
Where can I read more about what makes someone heroic?
For related themes, take a look at Courage quotes and Sacrifice quotes.

Others point out that admiration doesn't stay fixed - today's idol eventually gives way to someone new. See also Courage quotes and Legacy quotes.