Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.

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"Invest in our teachers, and our children will succeed."

- Barack Obama

Empowerment

"We are the change that we seek."

- Barack Obama

Leadership

"In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope."

- Barack Obama

Hope

"That’s the promise of tomorrow — that in the face of impossible odds, people who love their country can change it."

- Barack Obama

Inspiration

"If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer."

- Barack Obama

Inspiration

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"What a wonderful time to be young! You have knowledge of many more things than we needed to have. It is my conviction that your generation is better and stronger than was ours — better in many ways! I have faith that you young men and young women can meet the world on its own terms and conquer it!"

- President Boyd K. Packer

Ambition

"Stay away from those people who try to disparage your ambitions. Small minds will always do that, but great minds will give you a feeling that you can become great too."

- Mark Twain

Ambition

"Don’t bunt. Aim out of the ballpark. Aim for the company of immortals."

- David Ogilvy

Ambition

"No one changes the world who isn’t obsessed."

- Billie Jean King

Ambition

"Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen."

- Michael Jordan

Ambition