[[foldercontrol]]

[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
->''"Surpass your limits. Right here. Right now."''
-->-- '''Yami Sukehiro''', ''Manga/BlackClover''

-> "Why does a dream have to remain a dream? Why not make it come true? Those who do nothing but critisize will never accomplish anything! It all starts with a first step. If you never make an effort, you will never understand the world Kazuya envisions! Talking with you about idealism is casting pearls before swine!"
-->-- Dr. Izumi, ''Anime/{{Daimos}}''

->''"[[TakingYouWithMe Dying to win]] and [[TheGlovesComeOff risking death to win]]... are completely different, Megumi. Give it your best. Be greedier."''
-->-- '''Satoru Gojo''' gives Megumi Fushiguro a pep talk, ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen''

->''"You want my treasure? You can have it! I left everything I gathered together in one place. Now you just have to find it!"''
-->-- '''[[GreaterScopeParagon Gold Roger]]''' kicks off the grand epic that is ''Manga/OnePiece''

->'''Luffy:''' What's the matter? Your hands are shaking. That's what happens when you take on pirates with half-assed resolve.\\
'''Nami:''' Resolve to do what? To kill people like it's nothing? Is ''that'' a pirate's resolve!?\\
'''Luffy:''' No! The resolve to put your own life on the line!
-->-- ''Manga/OnePiece'', Orange Town Arc

->''"Your drill is the drill that's gonna pierce the heavens!"''
-->-- '''Kamina''', ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Comic Books]]
->'''Wendy Harris (Proxy):''' [[IJustWantToBeNormal What if I don't want to be a hero...]]\\
'''[[ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} Barbara Gordon]]:''' It's time for Wendy Harris to decide what she wants to do with her future. [[HackerCave Firewall]] is upgraded and ready to go whenever you are. Batgirl will be out on patrol soon. You have the ability to be so much more than you believe you can be.\\
'''Proxy:''' Look, Barbara...\\
'''Barbara:''' Goodnight, Ms. Harris.
-->-- ''ComicBook/Batgirl2009''

->''"I believe in an idea. An idea that a single individual who has the right heart and the right mind; who is consumed with a single purpose; that '''one man''' can win a war. Give that one man a group of soldiers with the same conviction; and he can change the world. You boys know where I can find some men like that?"''
-->-- '''ComicBook/{{Captain America}}''' to the Howling Commandos while storming the beaches of Normandy

->''So, way I see it, you've got two options. One, you can continue to wallow in self-pity over the fact that you couldn't save ComicBook/NewKrypton from a power-stealing, world-shattering blast. Or two, you could get out of bed and go save whoever you can. Your choice, [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} Kara]], but you might ask yourself, what would your people want you want to do?''
-->-- '''ComicBook/LanaLang''', ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}''

->''"Someone needs to save the world. You're someone. Do the math."''
-->-- Solicitation blurb for ''ComicBook/YoungAvengers'' (vol. 2) #1

->''"Doom has asked you to live on your knees. Every day of your life, he's beaten you as you lie there. What do you do? '''You stand up.''' What time is it, Ben Grimm? [[CatchPhrase WHAT TIME IS IT?]]"''
-->-- '''Thanos''', ''ComicBook/SecretWars2015 - Siege''

->'''Corporal Newman:''' (exhausted) Don't know how much longer I can do this. How much longer I can keep fighting.\\
'''Captain America:''' (appears in a doorway) How long can you do this? How long can you fight the enemies of freedom? Fight tyranny? How long can you fight hate? [[AsLongAsThereIsOneMan As long as we can stand, soldier. As long as we can draw a breath.]]\\
'''Corporal Newman:''' CAPTAIN AMERICA?!\\
'''Captain America:''' (handing the corporal his helmet) Stand up, Corporal. You're going to need this.
-->-- ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica: The Chosen''

->'''Medusa:''' What are we forever ''seeking''? Only ''ourselves''. And when we ''find'' ourselves -- when we ''know'' ourselves, through our ''gifts'' -- we can find ''each other''. And find that place where ''we belong''.\\
'''Flint:''' But -- I already ''know'' what [[DishingOutDirt my gift]] is...\\
'''Medusa:''' Do you? ''Look up'', Flint. We're passing ''Pluto''.\\
'''Flint:''' [-... [[LittleNo No way.]]-]\\
'''Medusa:''' "[[MeaningfulEcho The bigger, the better.]]" Pluto is around ''1,500 miles'' across, with a mass of over ''one quintillion tons.'' Pick it up.
-->-- ''ComicBook/{{Royals}}''

->'''Nix Uotan:''' Don't you get it? We're all gonna die and the superheroes can't save us this time! They're as useless as my stupid drawings...\\
'''Mystery Guy:''' If your superheroes can't save you, then maybe it's time to think of something that ''can''. If it don't exist, ''dream it up''. Then, make it real.
-->-- ''ComicBook/FinalCrisis''

->''That's right! Who here is willing to take on the invincible Crusher?! Who here has what it takes? If you do, if you think you can take the Crusher down, we have five hundred dollars cash money American for you! Five hundred dollars for the man who can take our Crusher down!''
-->-- '''Announcer''', ''ComicBook/UltimateSpiderMan''

->''"The world still needs heroes."''
-->--''{{ComicBook/Thunderstrike}}''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fan Works]]
->'''Veronica Lodge:''' "Wait. Wait just a minute, Ms. Andrews. I mean, [=McAndrews=]. Listen. We're not a commando team. We've had our share of adventures, sure. But...we're just high school kids. Or we were, till a couple of weeks ago. We're not up to swimming around in gray pea soup and busting into any structures. We're just...who we are."\\
'''January [=McAndrews=]:''' "True. But you have no appreciation of who you are, Ms. Lodge. Any hero is just a normal person, until called upon to do extraordinary things. Our greatest agent of your time is one of yourselves. I doubt you would believe it, should I give you the name. But you must take it on faith that I speak the truth."
-->-- ''Fanfic/MaybeTheLastArchieStory''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
->''"You guys are so talented and imaginative... but you can't work as a team. I'm just a construction worker, but when I have a plan and we were working together, we could build a skyscraper. Now you guys are Master Builders. Just imagine what you could do if you did that! ...You could save the universe!"''
-->-- '''Emmet''', ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie''

->'''Hugo:''' Okay. Okay, Quasi. We'll leave you alone.\\
'''Victor:''' After all, we're only made out of stone.\\
'''Laverne:''' We just thought maybe you were made of something stronger. ''(The gargoyles turn back into stone.)''
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}''

->''Sometimes when your hopes have all been shattered\\
There's nowhere to turn\\
You wonder how you keep goin'!\\
Think of all the things that really matter\\
And the chances you've earned\\
The fire in your heart is growing!\\
\\
You can fly if you try leaving the past behind!\\
Heaven only knows what you might find!\\
\\
(Dare!) Dare to believe you can survive!\\
You hold the future in your hand!\\
(Dare) Dare to keep all your dreams alive!\\
It's time to take a stand!\\
You can win if you dare!''
-->-- "Dare", ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
->''"The United States government just asked us to save the world. Anyone gonna say no?"''
-->-- '''Harry Stamper''', ''Film/Armageddon1998''

->''"Goro can be killed, and Shang Tsung's power can be destroyed by Mortal men and women. You can overcome any adversary, no matter how bizarre their powers may seem; there is ''always'' a way. Only one thing can defeat you: Your own fear."''
-->-- '''Raiden''', ''Film/MortalKombatTheMovie''

->''We sit in the house, and slowly the world we are living in is getting smaller, and all we say is, "''Please'', at least leave us alone in our living rooms. Let me have [[StepfordSuburbia my toaster and my TV and my steel-belted radials]] and I won't say anything. Just leave us alone."\\\
Well, I'm not ''gonna'' leave you alone. I want you to get '''mad'''!\\\
I don't want you to protest, I don't want you to riot; I don't want you to write to your congressman, because I wouldn't know what to tell you to write. I don't know what to do about the depression and the inflation and the Russians and the crime in the street. All I know is that first, you've got to '''get mad!''' You've got to say, "I'm a '''''HUMAN BEING, GOD DAMN IT!''''' My life has '''''VALUE!'''''"\\\
So I want you to get up now. I want all of you to get up out of your chairs. I want you to get up right now and go to the window. Open it, and stick your head out, and yell, "'''''I'M AS MAD AS HELL, AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE!!'''''"''
-->-- '''Howard Beale''', ''{{Film/Network}}''

->''"Remember kid, there's heroes and there's legends. Heroes get remembered, but legends never die. Follow your heart kid, and you'll never go wrong."''
-->-- '''Babe Ruth''', ''Film/TheSandlot''

->''"We can climb outta hell one inch at a time. Now I can't do it for ya; I'm too old. I look around, I see these young faces and I think, I mean, I've made every wrong choice a middle-aged man can make. I've pissed away all my money, believe it or not. I chased off anyone who's ever loved me. And lately, I can't even stand the face I see in the mirror. You know, when you get old, in life, things get taken from you. I mean, that's...that's a part of life. But, [[GloryDays you only learn that when you start losin' stuff]]. You find out life's this game of inches, so is football. Because in either game--life or football--the margin for error is so small. I mean, one half a step too late or too early and you don't quite make it. One half second too slow, too fast and you don't quite catch it. The inches we need are everywhere around us. They're in every break of the game, every minute, every second. On this team we fight for that inch. On this team we tear ourselves and everyone else around us to pieces for that inch. We claw with our fingernails for that inch. Because we know when add up all those inches, that's gonna make the fucking difference between winnin' and losin'! '''Between livin' and dyin'!''' I'll tell you this: in any fight it's the guy whose willing to die whose gonna win that inch. And I know, if I'm gonna have any life anymore it's because I'm still willing to fight and die for that inch, because that's what living is, the six inches in front of your face."''
-->-- '''Tony D'Amato''', ''Film/AnyGivenSunday''

->'''Steve Rogers:''' At least they're letting me do ''something''. Philips would've had me stuck in a lab.\\
'''Peggy Carter:''' And are these your only options? A lab rat or a dancing monkey? You were meant for something more, you know.
-->-- ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''

->''"Peter Quill. This is Denarian Saal of the Nova Corps. For the record, I advised ''against'' trusting you here. Prove me wrong."''
-->-- '''Denarian Saal''', ''Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2014''

->''"Are you up for this? Are you? Look, I just need to know because the city is flying. Look, okay? The city is flying, we're fighting an army of robots... and I have a bow and arrow, none of this makes sense. But I'm going back out there because it's my job. Okay? And I can't do my job and babysit. It doesn't matter what you did or what you were, if you go out there, you fight and you fight to kill. Stay in here, you're good, I'll send your brother to come find you, but if you walk out of that door... you are an Avenger."''
-->-- '''Hawkeye''', ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron''

->''"'You little pussy.' ...That's what my old man called me, just like with my name. And I proved him right by killing all the wrong people. Now, I love you, Henry, and I'll never call you anything but your name, but you gotta decide... Are you gonna lay there, swallow that blood in your mouth, or are you gonna stand up, spit it out, and ''go spill theirs''?"''
-->-- '''Henry's Father''', ''Film/HardcoreHenry''

->''"Haven't you heard, Mr. Becket? The world is coming to an end. So where would you rather die? Here, or in a Jaeger?"''
-->-- '''Marshal Stacker Pentecost''', ''Film/PacificRim''

->''"'''This''' is your destiny. This is ''your time.''"''
-->-- '''Zordon''', ''Film/PowerRangers2017''

->''"You lost today, kid. But that doesn't mean you have to like it."''
-->-- '''"Fedora"''' to a young Franchise/IndianaJones, ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade''

->''"There are times for falling apart, and there are times for gettin' funky. This is one of them funky times. So what's it gonna be? You ready to play some funky music, white boy?"''
-->-- '''Undercover Brother''' to Lance, ''Film/UndercoverBrother''

->''"Working hard is important. But there is something that matters even more, believing in yourself. Think of it this way; every great wizard in history has started out as nothing more than what we are now: students. If they can do it, why not us?"''
-->-- '''Harry Potter''', ''Film/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix''

->'''Barbossa:''' Revenge won't bring [[spoiler:your father]] back, Miss Swann. And it's not something I'm intending to die for.\\
'''Elizabeth:''' You're right. Then what ''shall'' we die for?
-->-- ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanAtWorldsEnd''

->'''Colossus:''' Four or five moments. That's all it takes.\\
'''Deadpool:''' To?\\
'''Colossus:''' Be a hero. Everyone thinks it's a full-time job. Wake up a hero. Brush your teeth a hero. Go to work a hero. Not true. Over a lifetime, there are only four or five moments that really matter. Moments when you're offered a choice, to make a sacrifice, conquer a flaw, save a friend, spare an enemy. In these moments, everything else falls away.
-->-- ''Film/Deadpool2016''

->'''Flash''': Alright, okay, h-here's the thing: um... see, I'm afraid of bugs, and, um... guns and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking obnoxiously tall people]]. I can't be here! It's really cool you guys seem ready to do battle and stuff, but, full transparency, I've never done battle! I've just pushed some people and run away!\\
'''Batman:''' ...Save one.\\
'''Flash:''' ...what?\\
'''Batman''': [[DareToBeBadass Save one person.]]\\
'''Flash''': Uh... [[ComicallyMissingThePoint which one?]]\\
'''Batman''': [[MotorMouth Don't talk]], [[NonActionGuy don't fight]]. Get in. [[BigDamnHeroes Get one out]].\\
'''Flash''': ...a-and then?\\
'''Batman''': [[GoodFeelsGood You'll know.]]
-->-- ''Film/JusticeLeague2017''

->''"You ain't gonna believe this, but you used to fit right here. ''[Taps the palm of his hand]'' I'd hold you up to say to your mother, "this kid's gonna be the best kid in the world. This kid's gonna be somebody better than anybody I ever knew." And you grew up good and wonderful. It was great just watching you, everyday was like a privilege. Then the time come for you to be your own man and take on the world, and you did. But somewhere along the line, you changed. You stopped being you. You let people stick a finger in your face and tell you you're no good. And when things got hard, you started looking for something to blame, like a big shadow. Let me tell you something you already know; the world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you '''hit'''. It's about how hard you can '''get''' hit and keep moving forward. How much you can '''take''' and keep moving forward. That's how '''''winning''''' is done! Now if you know what you're worth then go out and get what you're worth. But ya gotta be willing to take the hits, and not pointing fingers saying you ain't where you wanna be because of him, or her, or anybody! Cowards do that and '''''that ain't you'''''! You're '''better''' than that! [{{Beat}}] I'm always gonna love you, no matter what. No matter what happens. You're my son and you're my blood. You're the best thing in my life. But until you start believing in yourself, ya ain't gonna '''have''' a life. Don't forget to visit your mother."''
-->--'''Rocky Balboa''' to his son, ''Film/RockyBalboa''

->'''Commander Mike "Viper" Metcalf:''' Gentlemen, you are the top one percent of all naval aviators. The elite. The best of the best. We'll make you better. You'll fly at least two combat missions a day, attend classes in between and evaluations of your performance. Now, on each combat sequence, you're gonna meet a different challenge. Every encounter is gonna be much more difficult. We're gonna teach you to fly the F-14 right to the edge of the envelope, faster than you've ever flown before and more dangerous. Now, we don't make policy here, gentlemen. Elected officials, civilians do that. We are the instruments of that policy. And although we're not at war, we must always act as though we are at war. [...] In case some of you wonder who the best is, they're up here on this plaque on the wall. The best driver and his RIO from each class has his name on it. And they have the option to come back here to be Top Gun instructors. You think your name's gonna be on that plaque?
->''' Lieutenant Pete "Maverick" Mitchell:''' (''confidently'') [[RhetoricalQuestionBlunder Yes, sir]].
->'''Viper:''' That's pretty arrogant, considering the company you're in.
->'''Maverick:''' Yes, sir.
->'''Viper:''' (''slightly smirking'') I like that in a pilot. Just remember, when it's over out there, we're all on the same team. Gentlemen, this school is about combat. There are no points for second place. Dismissed.
-->-- ''Film/TopGun''

->''C'mon, you apes! You want to live forever?!''
-->-- '''Jean Rasczak''' (and later, '''Jonny Rico'''), ''Film/StarshipTroopers''

->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Dammit, Jim, what the hell's the matter with you? [[BirthdayHater Other people have birthdays. Why are we treating yours like a funeral?]]
->'''Kirk:''' Bones, I don't want to be lectured.
->'''[=McCoy=]:''' What the hell do you want? This is not about age, and you know it. This is about you flying a goddamn computer console when you wanna be out there hopping galaxies.
->'''Kirk:''' Spare me your notions of poetry, please. We all have our assigned duties.
->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Bull. You're hiding. Hiding behind rules and regulations.
->'''Kirk:''' Who am I hiding from?
->'''[=McCoy=]:''' From ''yourself'', ''Admiral''.
->'''Kirk:''' Don't mince words, Bones, What do you really think?
->'''[=McCoy=]:''' Jim, I'm your doctor and I'm your friend. Get back your command. Get it back before you turn into part of this collection. Before you really do grow old.
-->-- ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Literature]]
->''"Stand like an oak," cried Marcus,\\
"Stand like a Roman wall!\\
Eldred the Good is fallen--\\
Are you too good to fall?"''\\\
''"When we were wan and bloodless\\
He gave you ale enow;\\
The pirates deal with him as dung,\\
God! are you bloodless now?"''
-->-- ''Literature/TheBalladOfTheWhiteHorse''

->''"Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve."''
-->-- '''Creator/FrankHerbert''', ''Literature/{{Dune}}''

->''"Now is not the time to be small! Where is the Morrigan Crow who reignited the dead fireblossoms? The girl who brought down the Ghastly Market, who conducted a glorious symphony of death in the Museum of Stolen Moments? Where is'' that'' Morrigan Crow? Bring her back!"''
-->--'''Ezra Squall''', ''Literature/{{Nevermoor}}''

->''Damn it, [[LoserProtagonist Monster]], you have to stop doing this. Is this how you want to keep living your life? [[AesopAmnesia Always making the same mistake]], [[AimlesslySeekingHappiness always listening to the instinct of the moment]]? Let me finish. I don't know [[ManOnFire how much longer this body will hold out]]. I've been coming to this universe for a long time now, and in all this time, I've seen some very stupid behaviour. But then I reminded myself that you're just [[PunyHumans bags of meat]] doing the best you can with what you've got. And from that perspective, I guess you're doing alright even if mostly driven by the same selfish instincts that compel all blobs of marginally sentient protoplasm. It's just what you are and I try not to judge you for it. You are the most shortsighted, impulsive and self-centred blob of protoplasm I have ever met. But here's your chance, Monster. It's time to prove that you aren't just one bad decision after another, that you can do what needs to be done when it comes right down to it. It's time to be more than just a human being out for himself... or you can be just another blob of protoplasm. It's your call.''
-->--'''Chester,''' ''Literature/{{Monster}}''

->''"We can fight if you want, and I promise you'll be dead so fast you won't even know how it happened. Or you can fight [Chack], if you're afraid of me, but he'll kill you just as fast. Because I taught him how! So what'll it be? You want to die? Or do you want to learn how to ''really'' kill?"''
-->-- '''Sergeant Pete Alden''', ''Literature/{{Destroyermen}}''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
->''"10-to-1, we're gone when the smoke clears. They will do everything in their power to destroy us. So...I need you to be sure. Power endures. We can't bring down the [[InvincibleVillain Senior Partners]], but for one bright, shining moment, we can show them that they don't own us. You need to decide for yourselves if that's worth dying for. I can't order you to do this. I can't do it without you. So we'll vote. As a team. Think about what I'm asking you to do, think about what I'm asking you to give."''
-->--'''Angel''', ''Series/{{Angel}}''

->''"If I '''did''' give you power, then you've got nothing! Nobody 'gives' you power. Real power is something you '''take!'''"''
-->-- '''Jock Ewing''', ''{{Series/Dallas}}''

->'''Eddie:''' I just think it's funny. I was born a loser, but you're one by choice.\\
'''Mulder:''' On what do you base that astute assessment?\\
'''Eddie:''' Experience. ''(leans forward)'' You should live a little. Treat yourself. God knows I would, if I were you.
-->-- ''Series/TheXFiles'', "Small Potatoes"

->''"You said you loved him. Are you '''brave''' enough to '''act''' on it?"''
-->-- '''Molly Blaine''', ''Series/TheUnit'', "Pilot"

->''"Listen to me. In ten minutes you're going to be a legend. In ten minutes, everyone on that screen will be offering you any job you want but first you have to be magnificent. You have to make them trust you and get them working. This is it, Jeff, right here right now: This is when you fly. Today's the day you save the world. [[PornStash Oh, and delete your Internet history]]."''
-->-- '''[[Series/DoctorWho The Doctor]]''', "The Eleventh Hour"

->'''Guinan:''' May I speak to you, Captain?\\
'''Riker:''' Actually, Guinan, I--\\
'''Guinan:''' You know, Picard and I used to talk every now and again, when one of us needed to. I guess I'm just used to having the Captain's ear.\\
''[she sits in Picard's chair]''\\
'''Riker:''' What's on your mind?\\
'''Guinan:''' I've heard a lot of people talking down in Ten Forward. They expect to be dead in the next day or so. They trust you. They like you. But they don't believe anyone can save them.\\
'''Riker:''' I'm not sure anyone can.\\
'''Guinan:''' When a man is convinced he's going to die tomorrow, he'll probably find a way to make it happen. The only one who can turn is around is you.\\
'''Riker:''' I'll do the best I can.\\
'''Guinan:''' You're going have to do something you don't want to do. You have to let go of Picard.\\
'''Riker:''' Maybe you haven't heard. I tried to kill him yesterday.\\
'''Guinan:''' You tried to kill whatever that is on the Borg ship. Not Picard. Picard is still here with us in this room. If he had died, it would be easier. But he didn't. They took him from us a piece at a time. Did he ever tell you why we're so close?\\
'''Riker:''' No.\\
'''Guinan:''' Well, then let me just say [[TrueCompanions our relationship is beyond friendship, beyond family]]. And I will let him go. And you must do the same. There can only be one Captain.\\
'''Riker:''' It's not that simple. This was his crew. He wrote the book on this ship.\\
'''Guinan:''' And the Borg know everything he knows. It's time to throw that book away. You must let him go, Riker. It's the only way to beat him. The only way to save him. [[YouAreInCommandNow And that is now your chair]], ''[[YouAreInCommandNow Captain]]''.
-->-- ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', "The Best of Both Worlds: Part II"

->'''Malcolm:''' You know what? I'm glad. This is appropriate! Now my life looks exactly how I feel! How could you screw me over like that?!\\
'''Lois:''' Because you were going to take that job, and we are not going to let you throw your life away!\\
'''Malcolm:''' How is being rich throwing my life away?!\\
'''Lois:''' [[VicariouslyAmbitious Because it's not the life you're supposed to have! The life you're supposed to have is you go to Harvard, and you earn every fellowship and internship they have! You graduate first in your class and you start working in public service -- either district attorney or running some foundation- and then you become Governor of a mid-size state and then you become President.]]\\
'''Malcolm:''' What?!\\
'''Lois:''' Of the United States.\\
'''Malcolm:''' Dad...!\\
'''Hal:''' I'm sorry, son. It's true.\\
''[Malcolm looks at his brothers, who all nod in agreement]''\\
'''Francis:''' Thought you knew.\\
'''Hal:''' Our expectations started out much smaller, but you just kept upping the ante.\\
'''Malcolm:''' What if I don't want to be President?!\\
'''Lois:''' It's too late for that, you're gonna do it!\\
'''Malcolm:''' [[SarcasmMode Really?! Have you decided my position of capital gains tax cuts?! What are my foreign policy objectives?!]]\\
'''Lois:''' That doesn't matter. What does matters is that you will be the only person in that position who will ever give a crap about people like us! We've been getting the short end of the stick for thousands of years and I, for one, am sick of it! Now you are going to be President, mister, and that's the end of it!\\
'''Malcolm:''' Did it ever occur to you that I could have taken this job, gotten really rich and bought my way into being President?!\\
'''Lois:''' Of course it did. We decided against it.\\
'''Malcolm:''' [[BigWhat WHAT?!]]\\
'''Lois:''' Because then you wouldn't be a good President. You wouldn't have suffered enough.\\
'''Malcolm: [[TraumaCongaLine I've been suffering all my life!]]'''\\
'''Lois:''' [[MiseryBuildsCharacter I'm sorry, but it's not enough. You know what it's like to be poor and you know what it's like to work hard. Now you're going to learn what it's like to sweep floors and bust your ass and accomplish twice as much as all the kids around you.]] And it won't mean anything because they will still look down on you, and you will want so much for them to like you and they just won't. [[TheNeedsOfTheMany And that'll break your heart, and that'll make your heart bigger and open your eyes, and finally you will realize that there's more to life than proving you're the smartest person in the world!]] I'm sorry, Malcolm, but you don't get the easy path. You don't get to just have fun and be rich and live the life of luxury.\\
'''Hal:''' That's Dewey.\\
'''Dewey:''' Really?\\
'''Malcolm:''' This is unbelievable! You actually expect me to become President?! No, no, I'm sorry- you expect me to be one of the greatest Presidents in the history of the United States!\\
'''Lois:''' You look me in the eye and tell me you can't do it.
-->-- ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', "Graduation"

->''"You wanna know where my treasure is? I'll tell you. Wealth. Fame. Power. I found everything this world has to offer. Free yourselves! Take to the seas! My treasure is yours to find!"''
-->-- '''Gold Roger''', ''Series/OnePiece2023''

->"What's it gonna be, Matty? You gonna spend your life crying and rocking yourself to sleep every night? Or are you gonna dig deep and find out what it takes to reshuffle those cards life dealt you?"
-->-- '''[[MentorArchetype Stick]]''', ''Series/Daredevil2015''

-> ''Do you feel the power of the Gladiators?\\
Do you have the will and the skill?\\
Do you have the speed, the strength, the heart to be a winner?\\
It's not for beginners\\
Deep down in your soul\\
Are you a Gladiator?''
-->-- Opening Credits to ''Series/{{Gladiators}}''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Music]]
->''We can beat them, just for one day\\
We can be Heroes, just for one day''
-->--'''Music/DavidBowie''', "Heroes"

->''Some people settle for the typical thing\\
Livin' all their lives waitin in the wings\\
It ain't a question of 'if', just a matter of time\\
Before I move to the front of the line''
-->--'''[[WesternAnimation/AGoofyMovie Power Line]]''', "Stand Up"

->''Here's to the heroes, those who move mountains\\
Here's to the miracles they make us see\\
Here's to all brothers, here's to all people\\
Here's to the winners all of us can be''
-->--'''Music/FrankSinatra''', "Winners"

->''Look,\\
If you had one shot, or one opportunity\\
To seize everything you ever wanted, one moment\\
Would you capture it or just let it slip?''
-->--'''Music/{{Eminem}}''', "[[BreakawayPopHit Lose Yourself]]"

->''Would you like to swing on a star?\\
Carry moonbeams home in a jar,\\
And be better off than you are\\
Or would you rather be a mule?\\
A mule is an animal with long funny ears\\
Kicks up at anything he hears\\
His back is brawny but his brain is weak\\
He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak\\
(And by the way, [[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle if you hate to go to school]]\\
You may grow up to be a mule)''
-->--'''Music/BingCrosby''', "Swinging On A Star"

->''You gotta go and reach for the top\\
Believe in every dream that you got\\
You're only living once so tell me\\
What are you, what are you waiting for?\\
You know you gotta give it your all\\
And don't you be afraid if you fall\\
You're only living once so tell me\\
What are you, what are you waiting for?''
-->--'''Music/{{Nickelback}}''', "What Are You Waiting For?"

->''WAKE UP! Our life is calling!\\
We're smoke, but not on fire!\\
Give us a sign that we're alive!\\
SNAP OUT of indecision! \\
How we've been hypnotized\\
To think that everything's all right!\\
The clock is counting down...\\
The seconds tick away..\\
This is our time! Without a doubt!\\
Time to ignite! We're not going down,\\
WITHOUT A FIGHT!\\
This is our time! Get up off the ground!\\
Take what is mine! We're not going down,\\
WITHOUT A FIGHT!''
-->--'''Music/{{Hoobastank}}''', "Without A Fight"

->''I like it when trouble brews, I won't dare change\\
I like it when there's turbulence on my airplanes\\
I like it when I sense things I can't see yet\\
Swimmin' with sharks when they ain't feed yet\\
'Cause I like high chances that I might lose\\
I like it all on the edge just like you, ayy\\
I like tall buildings so I can leap off of 'em\\
I go hard wit' it no matter how dark it is''
-->--'''Blackway & Black Caviar''', "What's Up Danger" (from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'')

->''[[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Fires fade]]\\
The dimming of the embers\\
[[BackFromTheDead Wake from your sleep again]]\\
Fires fade\\
[[{{Determinator}} Wills of steel to temper]]\\
Come reignite this hopeful flame''
-->--'''Music/MiracleOfSound''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAQMJZeYSe8&ab_channel=miracleofsound Fires Fade]]"

->Now, this is the world we live in\\
And these are the hands we're given\\
Use them and let's start trying\\
To make it a place worth fighting for

->This is the world we live in\\
And these are the names we're given\\
Stand up and let's start showing\\
Just where our lives are going to
-->--'''Music/{{Genesis}}'''/'''Music/{{Disturbed}}''', "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV4oYkIeGJc Land of Confusion]]"
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pro Wrestling]]
->''"As long as we're spouting statistics, can I lay one on you? Can I give you a number? Two, nine. Two nine, 29. The total accumulative days I held the WWE Championship during my three title reigns. And guess what, Punk, all these years later, no one cares. You wanna be a ''statistic'', or do you wanna be a ''legend!?'' No one cares about dates! What they care about are the ''moments'', that go on to define us. The moments of greatness, and in my estimation, as someone who is still relevant, you need one more."''
-->-- '''Wrestling/MickFoley to Wrestling/CMPunk, Monday Night Raw -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z84TGJGkLew Sept. 24, 2012]]'''

->"''Tonight, there are 17 million homes that will pay twenty dollars... hopefully'' (knocks on wood) ''...for the privilege to see you guys do what you have done for three-and-a-half years. Thank Wrestling/TerryFunk for all he's done for this company. For help putting us on the map. For being unselfish in selfish times. For taking the young guys and showing them a better way. Tonight we have a chance to say “Yeah, you're right! We're too extreme, we're too wild, we're too out of control! We're too full of our own shit!” But we have a chance to say “Hey, FUCK YOU, YOU'RE WRONG! FUCK YOU, WE'RE RIGHT!” Because you have all made it to the dance! Because believe me, this is the dance! Start the show!''"
-->--'''Wrestling/PaulHeyman addresses the Wrestling/{{ECW}} talent [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmqlWF_q2BI before their first pay-per-view event]] “ECW Barely Legal”, 13 April 1997'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
->''"In the Camarilla, more vampires survive past a century than in the Sabbat. You can even seek to join them if you wish. All you give up is your only real chance at survival when our true enemies appear, you freedom to choose your own destiny and the precious support the Vinculum provides. Yes, you can exist indefinitely as the [[PhysicalGod Antediluvians]]' pawn and the [[VampireMonarch prince]]'s slave... or you can remain here, burning more brightly and becoming far, far more than what they allow. Those who persist in our grand conflict reach heights of mastery that no humanity-fearing vampire, let alone any prey, can imagine. You gamble your existence. [[ArmorPiercingQuestion Would you have it any other way]]?"''
-->-- ''TabletopGame/VampireTheMasquerade - Clanbook: Lasombra (Revised)''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Theatre]]
->''This is my quest\\
To follow that star\\
No matter how hopeless\\
No matter how far\\
To fight for the right\\
Without question or pause\\
To be willing to march into Hell\\
For a heavenly cause''
-->--"Impossible Dream", '''''Theatre/ManOfLaMancha'''''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Video Games]]
->''I believe the morning sun\\
Always gonna shine again and\\
I believe a pot of gold\\
Waits at every rainbow's end, oh\\
I believe in roses kissed with dew\\
Why shouldn't I believe the same in you?''
-->-- '''VideoGame/{{MOTHER}}''', "Pollyanna"

->''And they ask 'What is a Hero?'\\
though the answer's evident,\\
He's the one who faces death\\
knowing that his life's well spent.''
-->-- ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryII: Trial By Fire''

->Mission Objective: Be a Badass
-->-- ''VideoGame/SaintsRowIV''

->''"The obvious path is humble, safe, but pays the wage of a cook, not a champion."''
-->-- '''Lion Statue''', ''VideoGame/JadeEmpire.''

->They call it a suicide mission. ''Prove them wrong.''
-->-- Tagline in ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'' advertising

->''Scenes like these are happening all over the galaxy right now! You could be next! That is, unless you make the most important decision of your life: prove to yourself that you have the strength, and the courage, to be '''free'''! Join the Helldivers!''
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Helldivers}} 2''

->''"You don't win by being lucky - you win by being bold!"''
-->-- '''Captain Falcon''', ''VideoGame/FZeroGX''

->''"The President has been kidnapped by ninjas. Are you a bad enough dude to rescue the President?"''
-->-- ''VideoGame/BadDudes''

->Become Legend
-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Destiny}}''

->''"[[WhenLifeGivesYouLemons When life gives you lemons]], [[PopularSayingBut don't make lemonade.]] [[RageAgainstTheHeavens Make life take the lemons back! GET MAD! I don't want your damn lemons! What am I supposed to do with these?! Demand to see life's manager! Make life rue the day it thought it could give Cave Johnson lemons! Do you know who I am?! I'm the man who's gonna burn your house down! WITH THE LEMONS! I'm gonna get my engineers to invent a combustible lemon that BURNS YOUR HOUSE DOWN!]]"''
-->-- '''Cave Johnson''', ''VideoGame/{{Portal 2}}''

->''"Now! This is it! Now is the time to choose! Die and be free of pain, or live and fight your sorrow! Now is the time to shape your stories! Your fate is in your hands!"''
-->-- '''Auron''', ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyX''

->'''Horton''': Oh lordy, look at ya, stuffin' your faces full of bratwursts as you sit in front of yer Nazi television boxes...just laughin', laughin' at all the lies they've been feedin' ya...laughin' til ye's ''CHOKIN' ''!...well, it ends tonight.\\
'''Grace''': Oh, yeah, it ends tonight! My brothers and sisters of the United States of America, tonight, we -- the free people of the Resistance -- ask you to become one of us!\\
'''Horton''': They's a-lyin'! They's a-lyin', and...they's a-threatenin', they's a-torturin', they's a-killin'...''[[ConditionedToAcceptHorror They beat ya into submission!]]''\\
'''Grace''': ''They beat you!''\\
'''Horton''': They've, they've made yer- ''[[{{Thoughtcrime}} yer very thoughts a crime!]]'' But if'n tonight, ye gather, speak freely from yer heart...\\
'''Grace''': Yes!\\
'''Horton''': ...oh, ye's one o' us!\\
'''Grace''': Right on! And if tonight, we see you on the streets with a knife, or a brick, or just your ''clenched fist'' fighting the powers that be, then you are one of us!\\
'''Horton''': And if'n tonight, but ye look down upon your hands, and they's ''soaked'' in the blood of our oppressors, then you...is one of us!\\
'''[[TheHero B.J.]]''': If tonight, you hold your babies in your arms and swear they'll grow up to be free people, then you are one of us.\\
'''Grace''': Did you forget? '''THEY BROUGHT THIS WAR TO OUR SHORES!''' And then they ''BEAT US!'' They murdered us, they ''EXECUTED'' us! But guess what? Tonight, they also find out that ''[[TheDogBitesBack THEY FUCKED WITH THE WRONG COUNTRY!]]'' My brothers and sisters of the ''United'' States of America, when we stand together, ain't nothing and no one can take ''our'' country away from us! Tonight...''they burn!'' Tonight, '''''you'''...are one of us!''
-->-- ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus''

->''"Americans... Americans, wherever you are. I wish I had words of comfort to give you. Like the warm winds that this Nazi general sent down from above. But from me, you will not get comfort. [[BrutalHonesty Only the cold... agonizing... truth]]. And the truth is, this great nation... has been raped, and pillaged, by [[ThoseWackyNazis the greatest enemy of our time]]. They ask you to sell your liberty, to purchase your safety... to kneel to the new order, to submit to the winds of change, but my fellow Americans — [[AsTheGoodBookSays they that sow the wind... shall reap the whirlwind]]! [[PatrioticFervor You were born in the land of the free! You fought the kings of old and broke them!]] You gave your lives... for the simplest, but most essential truth of all: [[GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath Give me liberty, or give me death!]] In your veins runs the blood of revolutionaries! So tonight, brandish your guns, your knives and your fists! Seek out your oppressors wherever they are and tell them: [[NotAfraidOfYouAnymore We don't want nothing. Not a thing from you.]] Tonight, we show those that sow the wind that we... we are the whirlwind."''
-->-- '''Probst Wyatt III''', ''VideoGame/WolfensteinIITheNewColossus''

->''"Live, love, burn with life, slay, and survive!"''
-->--'''Conan the Cimmerian''', ''VideoGame/ConanExiles''

->''"Great heroes can be found even here, in the mud and rain...."''
-->--'''The Ancestor''', ''Videogame/DarkestDungeon'', when upgrading the Stagecoach

->''"You were bold once. Be bold once more."''
-->--'''The Academic''', ''VideoGame/DarkestDungeonII''

->''Wake up! Get up! Get out there!\\
Raise your voice against liars!\\
Feed your anger like fire!\\
Why does nobody want change?\\
Just imagine you're out there,\\
Swatting lies in the making\\
Can't move fast without breaking\\
If you hold on life won't change!''
-->--[[ThematicThemeTune "Wake Up, Get Up, Get Out There"]], ''Videogame/Persona5''

->''What's the matter? Are you simply going to watch? Are you forsaking him to save yourself? Death awaits him if you do nothing...Was your previous decision a mistake, then?.....very well. I have heeded your resolve. Vow to me! I am thou, thou art I... Thou who art willing to perform all sacrilegious acts for thine own justice! Call upon my name and release thy rage! Show the strength of thy will to ascertain all of thine own, though thou be chained to Hell itself!''
-->-- '''Arsene''', ''VideoGame/Persona5''

->''Seek strength. The rest will follow.''
-->-- '''King Vendrick''', ''VideoGame/DarkSoulsII''

-> ''"There is no reality. There is only this.\\
This time. This place. This Contest.\\
\\
Be the best. Unleash your power.\\
Lead your team in a battle of the mind.\\
Win the Tournament. If you can't,\\
step aside for someone who will.\\
\\
Keep your eyes on the prize,\\
and your fingers on the trigger."''
-->--Some computers found across several levels in ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004''

->''Now go! Let the legend come back to life!''
-->-- '''Revolver Ocelot''' to '''Venom Snake''', ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolidVThePhantomPain''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Comics]]
->'''Zoss:''' [[ScrewDestiny Fate is not a cage except for those who fear it.]] The true ruler is the '''Wielder of Names'''. By names she cuts the world as she pleases, and she cuts ''herself'' into greater forms still. She is not shaped by the world but instead becomes its '''shaper.''' There's work to be done. What shape will ''you'' choose, hm? ''Will you choose to be a king?'' Or will you choose to remain as you are? Peasant!\\
'''Allison:''' No. I choose king.
-->-- ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Web Videos]]
->'''Alucard:''' Listen to me, Draculina! You are so much stronger than you let yourself be!\\
'''Seras:''' ''(sobbing)'' 'Ow do you know?!\\
'''Alucard:''' Because behind those eyes, I saw something I lost long ago: ''[[DeathSeeker the will to live.]]'' Now, stop running from who you are. Confront it! ''Embrace'' it! And go for its fucking throat. ''[[ArcWords Like a REAL FUCKING VAMPIRE]]!''
-->-- ''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged''

->''"You are '''never''' truly at the mercy of RNG. No. You are ''only'' ever at the mercy of ''your own skill''."''
-->-- ''{{WebVideo/Ssethtzeentach}}'', ''{{VideoGame/SYNTHETIK}} REVIEW | ▼LTRA▼IOLENCE EDITION™'''
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Western Animation]]
->''"I know how tough it is for you right now, curled up in your own emotional vomit. You're in hell now, [[TheCasanova Boomhauer]], and the only way out is through a long dark tunnel. And you're afraid to go in, cause there's a train coming at ya, carrying a box car full of heartbreak. Well let me tell you something, all you can do is let it hit you, and then try to find your legs. I know, I've taken that hit more times than I can remember. Look at me, Boomhauer. I'm fat and I'm old, and every day I'm just gonna wake up fatter and older. And somehow I manage to drag this fat old bald bastard out into the alley everyday. I'm out there, digging holes, falling into them, climbing out, trying again. And tomorrow, I'm gonna hang outside a ladies prison. And the first thing those lady cons are gonna see after twenty years, is me. Will I get one? Experience says no. Will I be out there next month? If I'm alive, you better believe it. (''Grabs Boomhauer's shoulder, his voice getting steadily louder'') You gotta get right back up on that tanning bed, slip into a tight T-shirt, wash off some of that cologne, and get yourself out of that tunnel, and into some strange woman's bed!"''
-->-- '''Bill Dauterive''', ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill'', "Dang Ol' Love"

->'''Adrien:''' But I'm stuck here! I'm not even allowed to go to school! What good is a superhero who's imprisoned in his own house?!\\
'''Plagg:''' No good. That's why it's all going to change soon. If you're willing to change, that is.
-->--''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', "Origins, Part 1: Ladybug And Cat Noir"

->'''Optimus Prime:''' Ratchet, seal the hull breach! Prowl, hold the ship steady! Bulkhead, Bumblebee, guard the [=AllSpark=]! I'll hold off Megatron!\\
'''Bumblebee:''' But… we're repair 'bots! We're not programmed for this kind of action!\\
'''Optimus Prime:''' Then consider this an upgrade!
-->-- ''WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated''

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Real Life]]
->''"Up, Sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough."''
-->-- '''Creator/BenjaminFranklin''', ''Poor Richard's Almanack'' (1741)

->''"'''Dare'''! — this word contains all the politics of our revolution."''
-->-- '''Louis Antoine de Saint-Just''', [[UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution French Revolutionary]]

->''"Everybody want to be the one to strike the head of the tyrant, but not the one to hold the axe."''
-->-- '''[[UsefulNotes/NotableSwedishMonarchs Gustav Vasa]]'''

->''"A slave is one who waits for someone to come and free him."''
-->-- '''Ezra Pound'''

->''"The use of self control is like the use of brakes on train. It is useful when you find yourself in wrong direction but [[{{Koan}} merely harmful when the direction is right.]]"''
-->-- '''Creator/BertrandRussell'''

->''"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."''
-->--'''Bernard Malamud'''

->''"Never say 'no' to adventures. Always say 'yes' otherwise you'll lead a very dull life."''
-->-- '''Creator/IanFleming'''

->''"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."''
-->-- '''Creator/ErnestHemingway'''

->''"Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn."''
-->-- '''Creator/GoreVidal'''

->''"A person who has not been completely alienated, who has remained sensitive and able to feel, who has not lost the sense of dignity, who is not yet 'for sale', who can still suffer over the suffering of others, who has not acquired fully the having mode of existence - briefly, a person who has remained a person and not become a thing - cannot help feeling lonely, powerless, isolated in present-day society. He cannot help doubting himself and his own convictions, if not his sanity. He cannot help suffering, even though he can experience moments of joy and clarity that are absent in the life of his 'normal' contemporaries. Not rarely will he [[OnlySaneMan suffer from neurosis that results from the situation of a sane man living in an insane society]], rather than that of the more conventional neurosis of a sick man trying to adapt himself to a sick society. In the process of going further in his analysis, i.e. of growing to greater independence and productivity, his neurotic symptoms will cure themselves."''
-->-- '''Erich Fromm'''

->''"Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it."''
-->--'''UsefulNotes/MalcolmX'''

->''"So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?"''
-->-- '''Creator/HunterSThompson''', ''The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman''

->''"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/TheodoreRoosevelt'''

->''"If you wind up with a boring, miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on TV telling you how to do your shit, then YOU DESERVE IT."''
-->-- '''Music/FrankZappa''', ''Literature/TheRealFrankZappaBook''

->''"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility — I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it — and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."''
-->-- '''UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy''', Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961

->''"You risk everything, or everything and everyone puts you at risk. Yet, only that which increases freedom will make the choice of authentic Being a reality - only then will the stakes be truly great, when the danger is infinite. Unlike other political theories, the Fourth Political Theory does not want to lie, to soothe or seduce. It summons us to live dangerously, to think riskily, to liberate and to release all those things that cannot be driven back inside."''
-->-- '''Alexander Dugin''', Russian philosopher

->''"Can you match my resolve? If so then you will succeed. I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death."''
-->-- '''Creator/MontyOum''', Animator
[[/folder]]
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