Life, Hippocrates

Greek

Ὁ βίος βραχύς,
ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή,
ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς,
ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή,
ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή.

- Hippokratēs

Life is short,
art is long,
opportunity fleeting,
experiment uncertain,
and judgement difficult.

- Hippocrates (460BC–370BC)

Hero, Steve Trevor

Wonder Woman: You're a strange one, Steve Trevor. You have no special powers, yet you're willing to risk your life here. Aren't you afraid of dying?
Steve Trevor: Some things are worth dying for, Angel.

- Steve Trevor from Justice League, The Savage Time

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Justice_League

Life, Zhuangzi

人生天地之間，若白駒之過郤。

- 莊子 知北遊

Life between heaven and earth is like a white colt's passing a crevice.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), Knowledge Rambling in the North (知北遊)

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http://ctext.org/zhuangzi/knowledge-rambling-in-the-north

Humaneness, Halle Berry as Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson from Die Another Day (2002)

Zao: Why do you want to kill me?
Jinx: I thought it was the humane thing to do.

- Halle Berry as Giacinta 'Jinx' Johnson from Die Another Day (2002)

Solitude·Self-reliance, Zhuangzi

儵魚出遊從容，是魚樂也。

- 莊子 秋水

These thryssas come out, and play about at their ease - that is the enjoyment of fishes.

- Zhuangzi (莊子), The Floods of Autumn (秋水)

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http://ctext.org/zhuangzi/floods-of-autumn

World, Kaiou Michiru/Sailor Neptune from Sailor Moon

Maybe you misunderstood.. A world without Haruka isn't a world worth saving.

- Kaiou Michiru, Sailor Neptune, Sailor Moon, Naoko Takeuchi

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailor_Neptune
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sailor_Moon

Advice, Laozi, Dao De Jing

大直若屈，大巧若拙，大辯若訥。

- 老子, 道德經

The moat straightness seems crooked. The greatest skill seems clumsy, and the outstanding eloquence seems inarticulate.

- Laozi, Dao De Jing