Quote what makes a hero

A true hero is not someone who thinks about doing what is right, but one that simply does what is right without thinking! Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the "hero" within us is revealed. It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle. 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.

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away. A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. Heroes aren't athletes who set new sports records, or Hollywood actors who make 'daring' films or politicians who make bold promises. Heroes are people who place themselves at risk for the benefit of others.

The fear of God makes a hero; the fear of man makes a coward. I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats. 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.

Do not let your fire go out Do not let the Hero in your soul perish Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won. It exists, it is real, it is possible, it is yours. When the first Superman movie came out, I gave dozens of interviews to promote it.

The most frequent question was: 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 the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. 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. Heroes are heroes because they are heroic in behavior, not because they won or lost.

The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men. How important it is for us to recognize and celebrate our heroes and she-roes! Without heroes, we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go.

In the heat of battle, heroes emerge, sometimes from the most unlikely of sources. 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.

It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up…discovering we have the strength to stare it down. Additional Resources: Here are several inspiring stories from IMK about heroes Check out all of our other inspiring quotes for kids Here is a fun story that illustrates a great way to be a super hero! Topics for Discussion: What does heroism mean to you? Which of the hero quotes is your favorite? What do heroes have in common?

Who is a hero to you? Take Action: Being a hero can be as simple as performing a kind act for someone. So who can you be a hero to today? Teacher Features: Here is a link to a Critical Reading Skills worksheet that you can use for elementary school students.

Tags: Ronald Reagan. We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt. A hero. You want to be one of those rare human beings who make history, rather than merely watch it flow around them like water around a rock. The hero sees values beyond what's possible. That's the nature of a hero. It kills him, of course, ultimately. But it makes the whole struggle of humanity worthwhile.

Courage, strength, morality, withstanding adversity? Are these the traits that truly show and create a hero?

Is the light truly the source of darkness or vice versa? Is the soul a source of hope or despair? Who are these so called heroes and where do they come from? Are their origins in obscurity or in plain sight?

To be heroic may mean nothing more than this then, to stand in the face of the status quo, in the face of an easy collapse into the madness of an increasingly chaotic world and represent another way. 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.

We do not have to become heroes overnight. Just a step at a time, meeting each thing that comes up … discovering we have the strength to stare it down. The prudent see only the difficulties, the bold only the advantages, of a great enterprise; the hero sees both; diminishes the former and makes the latter preponderate, and so conquers.

The women of Afghanistan, Iraq, and Iran who risk their lives and their beauty to defy the foulness of theocracy. Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Azar Nafisi as their ideal feminine model. Friends are the real superheroes. They battle our worst enemies—loneliness, grief, anxiety, depression, fear, and doubt—every time they come around.

The legacy of heroes is the memory of a great name and the inheritance of a great example. A hero is someone who rebels or seems to rebel against the facts of existence and seems to conquer them. Obviously that can only work at moments. Someday, who knows, we might conquer death, disease and war. I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom. Unconsciously we all have a standard by which we measure other men, and if we examine closely we find that this standard is a very simple one, and is this: we admire them, we envy them, for great qualities we ourselves lack.

Hero worship consists in just that. Our heroes are men who do things which we recognize, with regret, and sometimes with a secret shame, that we cannot do.