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


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JASON BEHR A hero is an ordinary human being who does the best of things in the worst of times.
LEON LEYSON When I was eleven, I got cast in the last directorial project of Christopher Reeve.
VANESSA MARANO When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such...
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SEBASTIAN ROCH NICOLAS CHAMFORT When a man and a woman have an overwhelming passion for each other, it seems to me, in spite of such...
SéBASTIEN-ROCH NICOLAS DE CHAMFORT Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christop...
CHRIS ROCK Happiness and strength endure only in the absence of hate. To hate alone is the road to disaster. To...
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JOHN EDWARDS A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and...
CHRISTOPHER REEVE A man does what he must -- in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers -- a...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY And yet I think of Christopher Reeve who said he would pay two million dollars to be able to feel pa...
RICARDO MONTALBAN Who's judging American Idol? Paula Abdul? Paula Abdul judging a singing contest is like Christopher ...
CHRIS ROCK A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and p...
JOHN F. KENNEDY A man does what he must-in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pre...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY On behalf of the entire board of directors and staff of the Christopher Reeve Foundation, we are ext...
KATHY LEWIS The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.
HENRY MILLER [Calling Reeve, who died Sunday after nine years as a quadriplegic,] a powerful voice for the need t...
JOHN EDWARDS What can you say about such a man as Christopher Reeve? He embodied all the best that a human being ...
ANNETTE O'TOOLE Christopher Reeve did such an amazing job that to give him some kind of accent or more bravado would...
BRANDON ROUTH The religious is any activity pursued in behalf of an ideal end against obstacles and in spite of th...
JOHN DEWEY The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obs...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Tripping and falling are part of what makes living real
Rising and reaching are what make you c...
MANUELA GEORGE-IZUNWA The character of a hero embodies courage and strength to overcome an outcome regardless the outcome.
SCOTTIE SOMERS Pray for strength to persevere.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Smile in the face of sorrow; hope in the face of despair; persevere in the face of obstacles, and lo...
MATSHONA DHLIWAYO Christopher Reeve understood that... everything begins with hope. His vision of walking again, his b...
PATTI DAVIS A person who finds grace never lacks the courage to endure, remain resolute in principles and action...
KILROY J. OLDSTER It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.
DAVID BAKER Even though I don't personally believe in the Lord, I try to behave as though He was watching.
CHRISTOPHER REEVE A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
RALPH WALDO EMERSON A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
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KILROY J. OLDSTER I was lucky to be able to call Christopher Reeve a friend.His passion for life and for improving the...
JAMES JEFFORDS One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome advers...
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CHRIS ROCK As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
MIKE TYSON If we do the work that we can do in this country, the work that we will do when John Kerry is Presid...
JOHN EDWARDS Christopher Nolan's astounding third Batman feature, 'The Dark Knight Rises,' represents...
JOHN PODHORETZ The mother said, 'They call your son a hero, and my son is a hero,' ... I said, 'I know, but I just ...
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THOMAS CARLYLE Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilit...
THOMAS CARLYLE Do not pray for an easy life, pray for the strength to endure a difficult one
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MARGOT KIDDER Some people need a super hero to save them, but I am my own super hero. All I need is myself, my str...
IMANIA MARGRIA I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of t...
BERTRAND RUSSELL There are those on Wall Street and in the plutocracy who feel that Geithner is a hero who deftly ste...
ANDREW ROSS SORKIN It is a legislative trend across the world. China will definitely catch up with this trend, in spite...
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GARY FRANK Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C. A hero is not only a brave individual, but a brave individual that dares to be different.
KEELY BARTON Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yours...
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL Sure I am of this, that you have only to endure to conquer. You have only to persevere to save yours...
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KELLY JONES After all, the ordinary hero hiding in each of us is often the most powerful catalyst for change.
TATE TAYLOR I love the idea of a movie hero in a thriller who is able to get ahead by just his brilliance, and n...
DANNY STRONG There is an old saying about the strength of the wolf is the pack, and I think there is a lot of tru...
BILL BELICHICK The Jews are known for their perseverance and this is what helps them achieve their goals. Persevera...
H.W. CHARLES Evil finds itself in the large cities, the small cities, the villages, ... Wherever there is an indi...
DENNIS ROGERS Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as ...
RACHEL CARSON Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find resources of strength that will endure as long as...
RACHEL CARSON We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD I am not a hero, O.K.? I am not a hero. I am a very ordinary person.
WAEL GHONIM It is much more valuable to look for the strength in others. You can gain nothing by criticizing the...
DAISAKU IKEDA As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by inte...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Solitude is the soil in which genius is planted, creativity grows, and legends bloom; faith in onese...
MIKE NORTON In spite of overwhelming evidence, it is most difficult for a citizen of western Europe to bring tho...
HENRY JAMES SUMNER MAINE The man who really wants to do something finds a way, the other finds an excuse.
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SENATOR JOHN KERRY To seek is to show valor. To endure is to show strength. To believe all will arise in a time of perf...
TANIA ELIZABETH I have tremendous respect for Christopher Darden, and I recognize him as an individual of integrity,...
STERLING K. BROWN The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinar...
G.K. CHESTERTON In spite of language, in spite of intelligence and intuition and sympathy, one can never really comm...
ALDOUS HUXLEY The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
PHIL JACKSON You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordi...
EDMUND HILLARY As an individual who undertakes to live by borrowing, soon finds his original means devoured by inte...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wi...
FRANZ SCHUBERT The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration...
KAREN FAIRCHILD The thoughts and prayers of the entire Christopher Reeve Foundation team are with Dana and her loved...
KATHY LEWIS The thoughts and prayers of the entire Christopher Reeve Foundation team are with Dana and her loved...
KATHY LEWIS We all face difficult times. It is only the grace of God that gives strength to endure.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The opinions, eloquence and articulacy of the man or woman on the street can often be as invaluable ...
KARL WIGGINS Even if the Bush Administration had flung open the gates to stem-cell research years ago, we would n...
PATTI DAVIS You don’t have to be a fantastic hero to do certain things – to compete. You can be just an ordina...
EDMUND HILLARY The work of the Lord is done by ordinary people who work in an extraordinary way.
GORDON B. HINCKLEY Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed m...
STEVEN COJOCARU When your heart speaks to you about what you need to do to sustain life on this planet, listen to it...
BERNIE SIEGEL There are people who in spite of their merit disgust us, and others who please us in spite of their ...
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD The wealth of rich feelings--the deep--the pure; With strength to meet sorrow, and faith to endure...
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CHRISTOPHER NOLAN How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb? Three. One to mix the martinis, one to cha...
CHRISTOPHER BUCKLEY Misdirected focus on paperwork, on procedures, and on bureaucracy frustrates teachers and fails to g...
CHRISTOPHER BOND I accidentally saw David Byrne's last two songs in Prospect Park at a free concert because I cam...
CHRISTOPHER MCCULLOCH Millions of people die every day. Everyone's got to go sometime. I've came by this particula...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS You know when Hollywood does a great big blockbuster that really wraps you up in a world, and lets y...
CHRISTOPHER NOLAN Reality TV has blown away the need for a roster of familiar faces in films. Plus, films became franc...
CHRISTOPHER FOWLER There is only one success ... to be able to spend your life in your own way, and not to give others ...
CHRISTOPHER MORLEY If I'm in a political argument, I think I can, with reasonable accuracy and without boasting, pu...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over.
CHRISTOPHER ATKINS When you go on book tour, you're always talking about yourself and your book from the time you g...
CHRISTOPHER MOORE Come live with me, and be my love, and we will all the pleasures prove.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE I think there's something degrading about having a husband for a rival. It's humiliating if you fail...
CHRISTOPHER HAMPTON Every now and then I will see a word as if for the first time, and suddenly appreciate that Evian is...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Being a Brady comes with it's pleasures and its baggage. I'm not one given to a lack of priv...
CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT The Brady Bunch is a live action modern fairytale of family. In this context it's less odd that ...
CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT ...a minority is only thought of as a minority if it constitutes some kind of threat to the majority...
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD The Nazis were not right to hate the Jews. But their hating of Jews was not without ...
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD I count religion but a childish toy, and hold there is no sin but innocence.
CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE So I close this long reflection on what I hope is a not-too-quaveringly semi-Semitic note. When I am...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS They were different colors: the right one blue, the left green. And her face in the light of the can...
NICHOLAS CHRISTOPHER Life is not so bad if you have plenty of luck, a good physique and not too much imagination
CHRISTOPHER ISHERWOOD Many parents and teachers have become irritated to the point of distraction at the way the weed-styl...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Read with care, George Orwell's diaries, from the years 1931 to 1949, can greatly enrich our und...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Religion is part of the human make-up. It's also part of our cultural and intellectual history. ...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS I still make sure to go, at least once every year, to a country where things cannot be taken for gra...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS Trust is not the same as faith. A friend is someone you trust. Putting faith in anyone is a mistake.
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS If you look at any Muslim society and you make a scale of how developed they are, and how successful...
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS I learned that very often the most intolerant and narrow-minded people are the ones who congratulate...
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