There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous.
The discovery of heroes is rarely linear or obvious. They usually sneak up on you.
There are so many heroes just walking around in everyday life. It blows me away.
Astronauts are the only kind of celebrity I know who can have a line of people waiting for their autograph, even if the line of people does not know in advance the astronaut's name.
It's just difficult to see that people want to be like the actors and the performers and the politicians who are - who they see all the time, but the people that are probably having the most fun are the writers and the directors and the producers and the scientists, right, the people in the back that are getting to do the creative process.
My mother, as a girl, had remembered this woman from Maine, someone who was part of the extended family somehow, and I recall her talking about this great, risk-taking woman. There are the most amazing, heroic stories in everybody's lives.
Y'all were heroes from the beginning. You just didn't 'turn' all of a sudden
Real heroes are all around us and uncelebrated.
There are so many men and women who hold no distinctive positions but whose contribution towards the development of society has been enormous. Some of them are not known even in their own countries, but when you come across them you are very impressed. Those are heroes or heroines we must never forget. Because of their service to society, you can't really help but admire them.
Many of the greatest black athletes of all time played baseball for no money and no recognition. I'm just sorry many major league fans never got to see them play, because many of them were awesome.
Some people are heroes. And some people jot down notes.
There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.
Most beautiful, good things were done by women people scorn.
