Characteristics of a hero:

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Characteristics of a hero
Brave
High values
Strong leader
Honest
Courageous
Trustworthy
Good communicator
Motivated
Extraordinary Talent
Inspirational
Confident
Strength
Hopeful
Responsible to others
Adventurous
Positive
Intelligent
Good Role Model
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Who are your heroes?
Defining a personal hero is a bit like allowing
our diaries to be published. Through our choice
of heroes, we spell volumes about ourselves. We
reveal our individual values and comment on those
we perceive to be lacking in the world around us.
Our heroes represent the best of ourselves, yet
being human and therefore flawed, they also allow
us to accept our limitations.
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Who are your heroes?
Hatred paralyzes life love releases it. Hatred
confuses life love harmonizes it. Hatred
darkens life love illuminates it.
Martin Luther King Jr.
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Who are your heroes?
"Yesterday is gone. Tomorrow has not yet come. We
have only today. Let us begin."
Mother Teresa
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Who are your heroes?
Houston, Tranquility Base here. The eagle has
landed. Thats one small step for a man, one
giant leap for mankind.
Neil Armstrong, Upon landing on the Moon, July
20, 1969
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Who are your heroes?
I'm here to fight for truth, and justice, and the
American way. 
Superman Written by Joe Shuster Jerry
Siegel
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Who are your heroes?
"Firemen are going to get killed. When they join
the department they face that fact. When a man
becomes a fireman his greatest act of bravery
has been accomplished. What he does after that
is all in the line of duty. They were not
thinking of getting killed when they went where
death lurked. They went there to put the fire
out, and got killed. Firefighters do not regard
themselves as heroes because they do what the
business requires."
Edward Croker Source Chief, FDNY 1899-1911
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Who are your heroes?
Uncle
Father
Mother
Grandparents
Aunt
Friends
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Who are your heroes?
I have missed more than 9000 shots in my career.
I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I
have been entrusted to take the game winning
shot . . . and missed. And I have failed over
and over and over again in my life. And that is
why . . . I succeed.
Michael Jordan
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Who are your heroes?
I have learned over the years that when one's
mind is made up, this diminishes fear
knowing what must be done does away with fear.
Rosa Parks
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Who are your heroes?
Even if I don't finish, we need others to
continue. It's got to keep going without me.
Terry Fox
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In Literature, what is a hero?
1. A person noted for feats of courage or
nobility of purpose, especially one who has
risked or sacrificed his or her life.
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2. In mythology and legend, a hero is a man,
often of divine ancestry, who is endowed with
great courage and strength, celebrated for his
bold exploits, and favoured by the gods.
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3. The principal male character in a novel, poem,
or dramatic presentation.
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Heroines

• A woman noted for courage and daring action.
• A woman noted for special achievement in a
• particular field.
• The principal female character in a novel, poem,
• or dramatic presentation.

Many writers now consider hero, long restricted
to men in the sense "a person noted for
courageous action," to be a gender-neutral term.
It is used to refer to admired women as well as
men in respected publications.
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