Well, I spent too long a while trying to think of a possible response to the 'characters you relate to' thread and after seemingly forgetting every single piece of media I have ever seen I thought of this.
Basically, what characters in any book/film/video games/etc do you look up to and aspire to be like?
To start off, I think the character I look up to the most would be The Doctor from Doctor Who, and he may or may not be 80% the reason I watch the otherwise occasionally silly show. I absolutely love his (mostly) pacifist attitude and willingness to give even the most disturbing villains a chance to redeem themselves instead of instantly resorting to violence, not to mention his tendency to use wit to outsmart his enemies instead. It makes for a far more interesting approach than just instant violence like a lot of media nowadays and I think his outlook has changed mine considerably, too. This scene demonstrates his attitude fairly well.