A hero is an ordinary ...

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

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Courage - a perfect sensibility of the measure of danger, and a mental willingness to endure it.
 William Tecumseh Sherman
I'm a fighter through and through. I don't fear any person and to go inside that ring with a feared mentality, why even go inside the ring?
 Daniel Jacobs
I think there was the studio mentality for a long time that women and girls can relate to a male hero, but boys and men can't relate to a female hero.
 Jennifer Lawrence
Bravery is fearlessness-the absence of fear. The merest dolt may be brave because he lacks the mentality to appreciate his danger.
Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities... because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Quotes from the same author

What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.
 Christopher Reeve
Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.
 Christopher Reeve
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
 Christopher Reeve
In the second half of the 20th century, people are becoming more limited: Vocabularies are smaller, thoughts are smaller, aspirations are smaller, everything is very scaled down. Everyone is typecast.
 Christopher Reeve
We all have many more abilities and internal resources than we know. My advice is that you don't need to break your neck to find out about them.
 Christopher Reeve