Some heroes are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

— Unknown Source

The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

— Helen Keller, U.S. author, political activist, and lecturer who was the first deaf-blind person to earn a bachelor of arts degree, 1880-1968

It is the surmounting of difficulties that makes heroes.

— Lajos Kossuth, Hungarian statesman who served as Governor-President of Hungary during the 1848-49 revolution, 1802-1894
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