6. Stand Up For Yourself - Flik
'You're wrong, Hopper. Ants are not meant to serve grasshoppers. I've seen these ants do great things, and year after year they somehow manage to pick food for themselves and you. So-so who is the weaker species? Ants don't serve grasshoppers! It's you who need us! We're a lot stronger than you say we are... And you know it, don't you?' Flik, A Bug's Life.
What it teaches: Be brave. Weakness arises from pusillanimity. Battles aren't won through strength, power or nuclear weapons. They are won through courage; by having the stuffing to take a stand against those more endowed that you. Weak are the ones who lack the guts to believe in themselves. True strength comes from believing in your abilities. And ants are awesome.
5. Forward Is The Only Way - Dory
'When life gets you down do you wanna know what you've gotta do? Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming.' Dory, Finding Nemo.
What it teaches: Life comes loaded with a vacuum that will often suck the marrow out of your happiness. It happens to all of us from the President to Stephen Hawking to little blue fishes of the sea. But when that happens to you the only way to move forward is to actually move forward. You have to keep trudging along till you free yourself from the quagmire of sorrow because the only way out is straight ahead.
4. You Create Your Destiny - Princess Merida
'There are those who say fate is something beyond our command. That destiny is not our own, but I know better. Our fate lives within us, you only have to be brave enough to see it.' Princess Merida, Brave.
What it teaches: Perhaps the most philosophical on this list, the young Princess explains something that most of us take a lifetime to understand. What we become is not controlled by external circumstances or occurrences. The answer of what we are going to become lies within us, and you need courage to confront it. We only have to be brave enough to recognize the magic that governs all of us, whilst it resides in the place we look last inside ourselves.
3. You Can Be Great Too - Anton Ego
'Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.' Anton Ego, Ratatouille.
What it teaches: Ego finally lauds the unpredictable nature of greatness. The critic eventually admits that while not everyone has the capacity to become a great artist, a great artist isn't limited by who he is or where he is from. Greatness can arise from the most unexpected of sources and there's no reason for us to be surprised when it does, even if that source happens to be a talking rat.