What is a "hero" for you?

Question

Give qualities that will define what is a hero for you

Answer 1

Someone you want to set your standards by. Someone who did great works but, would never pat themselves on the back for it. Someone who treated others with kindness and never judged or mistreated another person. That is someone I would consider, my hero.

Answer 2

I believe the term 'hero' is used far too easily today. Being brave or courageous is just that. Doing what is a normal human reaction or performing the duties you are expected to perform does not make one a hero. Being kind is not being heroic.

Further, being a role model doesn't necessarily mean the person is a hero. For instance, every sports star who ever lived never were heros because they were brilliant, exceptional players. They may have been a hero for another reason, but not for playing a game.

Taking up a seemingly impossible challenge for selfless reasons makes a hero. In the movie 'Hero' with Dustin Hoffman, Hoffman's character went into a burning plane because a little boy asked him to save his father. By nature, he didn't want to, but he went in selflessly, did not change his character (he stole stuff while in the plane) but pushed beyond his selfish personality.

Peace

Answer 3

1. in Greek mythology, a hero is a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god.
He can have extraordinary physical capabilities (like Achilles) and he is particularly brave and faithful (like Hector) and clever (like Ulysses). He can also be unfortunate like the one who defied the gods in Olympus (Sisyphe).
2. still in Greek mythology, Hero was priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her.
3. Hero of Alexandria was a Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)
4. a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain".
5. a champion, fighter, paladin.
6. the main character of a play, or movie or novel or poem
7. in the US a large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese is sometimes called a hero.

Answer 4

For me a hero, is someone or thing that I feel has had a segnificant positive effect on my life.

Answer 5

for me there are no more real hero's left in this world there are only people who are willing to sacrifice there Morales and values for the lifestyles mankind has established it is only through desolation and the absence of hope that hero's are born

Answer 6

A hero is a person who does the right thing just because its right with no expectation of reward even it the reward is just the gratitude of others.

Answer 7

Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless service, Honor, Integrety, Personal courage....
To be able to stand up for what you beleive in and never back down... to fight for what you think is right to hell with what the world thinks.. Thats what makes a Hero to me....

Answer 8

Someone strong (physically and/or emotionally).
Someone brave enough to do what is right, even when it's difficult, even when it means risking your life.
Someone caring who will put him/herself out there to save someone else.
Someone who stands up for what they believe in, even if it means persecution from others.
Someone who stands out rather than blends in.
Someone who leaves the world a better place than they found it.
Someone who makes a difference & never backs down from a challenge.
Someone with a strong sense of honour, justice, honesty, integrity, morality.
Someone intrinsically good who will battle evil.

Answer 9

Someone who is always there for me, gives wonderful advice, thinks about me, guides me through life, and most of all will always believe in me no matter what happens in the end.

Answer 10

children, the ultimate heroes...