The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
Felix Adler

The Veterans, marching in the Memorial Day Parade in Chelsea this morning.

Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not demean others when they easily can.
Philip Zimbardo

Heroism feels and never reasons, and therefore is always right.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Hard times don’t create heroes. It is during the hard times when the ‘hero’ within us is revealed.
Bob Riley

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others, at whatever cost.
Arthur Ashe