“Either you seize what may turn out to be the only chance you have, or you decide you’re willing to live with the knowledge that the chance has passed you by.”
"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
"You can’t be that kid standing at the top of the waterslide, overthinking it. You have to go down the chute."
- Tina Fey
Taking Risks
"You cannot plow a field by turning it over in your mind. To begin, begin."
- Gordon B. Hinckley
Taking Risks
"Do not wait for the perfect time and place to enter, for you are already onstage."
Taking Risks
"If you don’t risk anything, you risk even more."
- Erica Jong
Taking Risks
"If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever."
- Thomas Aquinas
Taking Risks