The myheroproject's Podcast

Life does not give us all the same opportunities, so when underdogs find a way to succeed anyway they create hope for others.

"People find motivation and confidence in themselves from different things. I found mine in Balto."

"He is a hero and an inspiration primarily because of how he flourished in life despite the harsh circumstances of his birth and early years."

 

We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny. But what we put into it is ours. - Dag Hammarskjold

"I often tell people, you know, I think in one’s lifetime if you have just touched someone, one person, and made a difference, then I think you are already very, very, successful."

My father is my hero and the hero of the invisible, the oppressed, depressed, lost, shattered, despised, abused, faceless and nameless all over the world.

"This respected poet is to the Somalis what Shakespeare was to the English...his poems and literary works reflect on all aspects of life such as social ills, politics, love, peace and the agony of the Somali people." - Ahmed Hussein Kahin

"Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!"

Nelson Mandela is one of the world's true freedom fighters, and his life and personal triumphs will be remembered long after the world has forgotten the evils of Apartheid.

"Any time that something is difficult for me, I think about how Duke Ellington continued productivity under all kinds of relentless pressure"