Hero Quotes to Inspire Everyone to Make a Difference

Be inspired by these hero quotes curated by the Selfvibe review team which show that you don’t have to be a comic book star to be a hero in real life.

1. “A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.” – Christopher Reeve

2. “To be heroic is to be courageous enough to die for something; to be inspirational is to be crazy enough to live a little.” – Criss Jami

3. “A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.” – Joseph Campbell

4. “Nothing is given to man on earth – the struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible – the hero is the man who lets no obstacle prevent him from pursuing the values he has chosen.” – Andrew Bernstein

5. “Heroes are made in the hour of defeat. Success is, therefore, well described as a series of glorious defeats.” – Mahatma Gandhi

6. “I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with his freedom.” – Bob Dylan

7. “A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” – Christoper Reeve

8. “To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.” – Simone Weil

9. “You cannot be a hero without being a coward.” – George Bernard Shaw

10. “The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.” – Umberto Eco

11. “Heroes are made by the paths they choose, not the power they are graced with.” – Brodi Ashton

12. “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.” – Mike Alsford

13. “Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me.” – Fred Rogers

14. “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.” – Johann Kaspar Lavater

15. “The hero is commonly the simplest and obscurest of men.” – Henry David Thoreau

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