Hero Worship Quotes

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Worship your heroes from afar; contact withers them.

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Never put your sheroes and heroes up on pedestals; placing them on pedestals is setting yourself up for disappointment. You must take the good that people do and put the bright light on that good, but human beings can never withstand such light without showing their shadows and warts. All mortals have their shortcomings and weaknesses. Their skills and deeds are what we must applaud. Don't fall victim to the cult of personality. - Maya Angelou quote.
Never put your sheroes and heroes up on pedestals; placing them on pedestals is setting yourself up for disappointment. You must take the good that people do and put the bright light on that good, but human beings can never withstand such light without showing their shadows and warts. All mortals have their shortcomings and weaknesses. Their skills and deeds are what we must applaud. Don't fall victim to the cult of personality.

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Hero worship has died with horses, and if someone bows down today, it is to pick up something. - Natalie Clifford Barney quote.
Hero worship has died with horses, and if someone bows down today, it is to pick up something.

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Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind. - Thomas Carlyle quote.
Hero-worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind.

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Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man. - Thomas Carlyle quote.
Worship of a hero is transcendent admiration of a great man.

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