Sentence examples for states heroic from inspiring English sources

The question, of course, is why mere vocalization of Amida's Name should hold the power to bring about birth into a buddha-field and eventual enlightenment, which in our present condition are virtually impossible to accomplish, even through the achievement of extensive learning, deep meditative states, heroic discipline, and compassionate action.

My wife, at her resting state, is heroic, and I am, in essence, just some guy.

American Sniper's commercial success immediately became a political issue, with high-profile commentators taking the opportunity to excoriate "Hollywood leftists" who supposedly underestimated the interest of the so-called "flyover states" in a heroic presentation of a serving US soldier.

You get the feeling that it is all part of the act, the artist depicting himself as a mysterious creator in a heroic state of concentrated inspiration.

The symbolic link between a modern Fascist state and a heroic classical past was fortified by the flanking buildings, with their abstracted facades and shadowy arcades.

According to Andreev, Ivan Vladislav's struggle to defend the Bulgarian state and his heroic death serve to mitigate his ill deeds.

Images circulating on social media showed a dead man sprawled on the ground with a soldier crouched nearby in the aftermath of the attack that has been praised by Syrian state media as "heroic".

The infant Jewish state fought a desperate, heroic and ultimately successful battle for survival against overwhelming odds.

As Avishai writes, "the institutions designed to advance the heroic Zionist state have become unworkable for the democratic one".

Unlike in previous generations, Dubin said, the state "didn't demand heroic feats from its citizens; it didn't require their mobilization".

"They were the perfect backdrop buildings, minimalist pylons signifying nothing in particular — unlike the heroic Empire State Building — but serving always as inscrutable signposts".