It is surmounting difficulties that makes heroes.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Heroes are made when people face and overcome significant challenges, not by avoiding them.
- In plain terms
- Overcoming hard things makes you a hero.
- What can you take from it?
- Face challenges to build strength and character.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What challenge are you facing now?
- How have you grown from hardship?
Another view
Not all who face difficulties become heroes; some are broken by them.
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