“I am my only hope for a hero.”
Joe in “Joe Versus The Volcano”  

“A hero is someone who understands the responsibility that comes with his freedom.”
 Bob Dylan

“Heroes know that things must happen when it is time for them to happen. A quest may not simply be abandoned; unicorns may go unrescued for a long time, but not forever; a happy ending cannot come in the middle of the story.”
Peter S. Beagle  

 “I believe it is the nature of people to be heroes, given the chance.”
 James A. Autry

“To think great thoughts, you must be heroes as well as idealists”
 Oliver Wendell Holmes