The Paragon/Quotes

"Doesn't matter what the press says. Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something wrong is something right. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole world tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world -- No, you move."

—Captain America (comics)

We live as though the world were as it should be, to show it what it can be.

—Angel

As for me...

I came back to ensure that there would be a future. To teach the world that it no longer needed Guardians. The hope for future generations has always resided in mortal hands. And now that my task is done, I will take my place... amongst the legends of the past.

—Medivh, the Last Guardian, Warcraft III ending cinematic

Though we gather here today bound together in sorrow and loss, we share a precious gift. We are all of us privileged to live a life that has been touched by Superman. The Man of Steel possessed many extraordinary gifts, and he shared them with us freely. [...] Let us all strive to accept his gift and pass it along--as an ongoing tribute to Kal-El of Krypton, the immigrant from the stars who taught us all how to be heroes.

—J'onn J'onzz's funeral speech for Superman, Justice League

Emma: Screw 'em
Ashley: What?
Emma: Screw. Them. How old are you?
Ashley: Nineteen
Emma: I was eighteen.
Ashley: When you had a kid?
Emma: Yah. I know what its like. Everybody loves to tell what you can and can't do. Especially with a kid. But ultimately, whatever you are considering on doing, or giving up, the choice is yours.
Ashley: It's not exactly what you might think it is.

Emma: Never is. People are gonna tell you who you are your whole life. You just gotta punch back and say "no, this is who I am." Want people look at you differently, make them. You wanna change things? You have to go out there and change them yourself. Because there are no fairy godmothers in this world.

—Emma Swan to Ashley "Cinderella" Boyd, Once Upon a Time

"Do good to others and every man can be a superman."

-"Superman (Clark Kent)"

—Superman's Epitaph heat-vision carved on the moon, Superman #156

You're much stronger than you think you are. Trust me.

—All-Star Superman #10