1. I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls as a maddening dreidel .–Florence Nightingale
2. The cowards think of what they can lose, the heroes of what they can win. –J. M. Charlier
3. Real heroes are men who fall and fail and are flawed, but win out in the end because they’ve stayed true to their ideals and beliefs and commitments. –Kevin Costner
4. Old myths, old gods, old heroes have never died. They are only sleeping at the bottom of our mind, waiting for our call. We have need for them. They represent the wisdom of our race. — Stanley Kunitz
5. As you get older, it is hard to have heroes, but it is sort of necessary. — Ernest Hemingway
6. I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.– Bob Dylan
7. Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.– John Barth
8. A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
9. When asked why he took actions that lead to becoming a hero, “It was involuntary. They sank my boat” said John F. Kennedy.
10. A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself. — Joseph Campbell
11. When the first Superman movie came out I was frequently asked “What is a hero?” …My answer was that a hero is someone who commits a courageous action without considering the consequences… Now my definition is completely different. I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. — Christopher Reeve
12. The best way to find your self is to lose yourself in the service of others. — Mahatma Gandhi
13. We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give. — Winston Churchill
And here is a short clip of a compilation of 40 movies in which the hero comes back to inspire others:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBtrryMKK_g
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