"A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion"
- Richard E. Byrd
About this Quote
This quote by Richard E. Byrd is a pointer that progress is not accomplished by staying in one location. It is just through movement and action that progression can be made. A static hero, or someone that is not proactively functioning in the direction of progression, is a public responsibility because they are not adding to the advancement of culture. This quote motivates us to take action and also move forward in order to make progress. It is only via motion that we can produce positive adjustment and relocate in the direction of a much better future. This quote is a tip that we need to take action in order to make progress which a fixed hero is not valuable to society.
This quote is written / told by Richard E. Byrd between October 25, 1888 and March 11, 1957. He/she was a famous Explorer from USA.
The author also have 1 other quotes.
"In my case Pilgrim's Progress consisted in my having to climb down a thousand ladders until I could reach out my hand to the little clod of earth that I am"
"Nature gives to every time and season some beauties of its own; and from morning to night, as from the cradle to the grave, it is but a succession of changes so gentle and easy that we can scarcely mark their progress"
"Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress"
