Hero, Ralph Waldo Emerson

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Superhero, Halle Berry as Catwoman from Catwoman (2004)

[voiceover] The day I died was the day I started to live. In my old life, I longed for someone to see what was special in me. You did, and for that, you'll always be in my heart. But what I really needed was for me to see it. And now I do. You're a good man, Tom. But you live in a world that has no place for someone like me. You see, sometimes I'm good. Oh, I'm very good. But sometimes I'm bad. But only as bad as I wanna be. Freedom is power. To live a life untamed and unafraid is the gift that I've been given, and so my journey begins.

- Halle Berry as Catwoman from Catwoman (2004) [last lines]

Hero, Halle Berry as Catwoman from Catwoman (2004)

[voiceover] It all started on the day that I died. If there had been an obituary, it would have described the unremarkable life of an unremarkable woman, survived by no one. But there was no obituary, because the day that I died was also the day I started to live. But that comes later. This was my life. Days blended together, consistently ordinary, thanks to a job that was the practical version of my passion. I was supposed to be an artist by now. Instead, I was designing ads for beauty cream.

- Halle Berry as Catwoman from Catwoman (2004) [first lines]

Hero, Brandon Routh as Superman from Superman Returns (2006)

Lois Lane: The world doesn't need a savior, and neither do I.
Superman: Lois, will you fly with me. There's something I want to show you... please.
Lois Lane: I can't be gone long.
Superman: You won't be.
Superman: [flies Lois high above the city] Listen. What do you hear?
Lois Lane: Nothing.
Superman: I hear everything. You wrote that the world doesn't need a savior, but I hear them crying for one everyday.

- Brandon Routh as Superman from Superman Returns (2006)

Life, Sailor Mercury from Sailor Moon

The future is something you build by yourself.

- Sailor Mercury, Sailor Moon