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A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

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.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

We can’t all be heroes, because somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by.

The real hero is always a hero by mistake.

As I see it, part of the art of being a hero is knowing when you don’t need to be one anymore.

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

He recalled Galloran stating that being a hero meant doing what was right regardless of the consequences. The thought sent a thrill through him. Galloran had been in this same situation and had made the right choice. Jason felt less alone. Malodor had claimed that his opponents had no heroes among them. But Galloran was proof to the contrary. And Jason would be evidence as well. p. 420

Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.

…where’s the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it?

Somebody asked me earlier if I thought it was really important to tell stories about women’s struggles. And I said yes, but at the same time, it’s also important to tell stories about women’s triumphs, women being slackers, women being criminals, women being heroes.

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of the past, to be thrown back upon routine, sensuality, and the narrow self.

To harbor spiteful feelings against ordinary people for not being heroes is possible only for narrow-minded or embittered man.

Being a hero means ignoring how silly you feel.

What’s the point of being a hero when everyone thinks you’re a villain?

Courage is more exhilarating than fear and in the long run it is easier. We do not have to become heroes over night. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up, seeing it is not as dreadful as it appeared, discovering we have the strength to stare it down.

Heroes come in all sizes, and you don’t have to be a giant hero. You can be a very small hero. It’s just as important to understand that accepting self-responsibi lity for the things you do, having good manners, caring about other people-these are heroic acts. Everybody has the choice of being a hero or not being a hero every day of their lives.

You cannot be a hero without being a coward.

Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.

The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.

Many of my movies have strong female leads – brave, self-sufficient girls that don’t think twice about fighting for what they believe in with all their heart. They’ll need a friend, or a supporter, but never a savior. Any woman is just as capable of being a hero as any man.

A boy doesn’t have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn’t like pie when he sees there isn’t enough to go around.

Children demand that their heroes should be freckle less, and easily believe them so: perhaps a first discovery to the contrary is less revolutionary shock to a passionate child than the threatened downfall of habitual beliefs which makes the world seem to totter for us in maturer life.

Children demand that their heroes should be fleckless, and easily believe them so .

You have to be very cautious about what you are doing for charity and things like that. I think you have to start with your life. I think that’s what life is expecting you to do. In your family, in your surroundings, in your work life, in the people you’re with, your relationships; how you behave and doing what you need to accomplish. That for me is being a hero every day of your life.

Be your own hero, it’s cheaper than a movie ticket.

Heroes are not known by the loftiness of their carriage; the greatest braggarts are generally the merest cowards.

I wouldn’t mind being a hero to a kid. I grew up idolizing players, so I know how important that is for a lot of younger kids.

Being a hero doesn’t mean you succeed in saving the day. It just means you tried.

Rohan, if being a hero is having the courage to resist using power arbitrarily, then you are a hero, beloved.

You never have to wait long, or look far, to be reminded of how thin the line is between being a hero or a goat.

Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.

A hero is a man who is afraid to run away.