Possible spoilers for the move "Cool Hand Luke"
The fight scene where Luke is getting beat down and after a few big knockdowns even the other prisoners are telling him to just stay down, but he keeps getting back up until everyone, even his opponent, walks off. He refuses to submit.
That display always brings a smile to my face. I mean, that's life beating on all of us. Do we get up or just lay down?
I also like to imagine a spiteful Giles Corey when he yells "more weight" before being pressed to death during the Salem witch trials. Such a rare quality in people that I can't help but smirk when I hear/see accounts of it especially because the chance to display such strength comes at us every moment and we can all be like them. When I'm afraid to act, or worrying about the future, or cutting corners, or wondering what people think, I remember guys like these and realize this is nothing but a chance to display real virtue. Life ain't nothing but a series of adversities that leads to a hole in the ground, but it's more satisfying to put up a fight.
I can smile to that.