Quote by Arthur Ashe
True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the u

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

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We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder that we sometimes seem rudderless. . . . We see basketball players and pop singers as possible role models. – Arthur Ashe

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Role models
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Every time you win, it diminishes the fear a little bit. You never really cancel the fear of losing; you keep challenging it. – Arthur Ashe

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Fear
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We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy. – Arthur Ashe

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A hero is a man who is afraid to run away. – English Proverb

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You lived too long, we have supped full with heroes, they waste their deaths on us. – C. D. Andrews

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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

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I am convinced that a light supper, a good nights sleep, and a fine morning, have sometimes made a hero of the same man, who, by an indigestion, a restless night, and rainy morning, would have proved a coward. – Lord Chesterfield

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