Speaker 1

A known mistake is better than an unknown truth.

So this is how liberty dies…with thunderous applause. – Padme Amidala (Star Wars)

When you show up as your authentic self, whatever that may be, you allow others to do the same. – Shanna Kattari

Speaker 2

Do not buy either the moon or the news, for in the end they will both come out.

Your perceived failure can become the catalyst for profound reinvention. – Conan O’Brien

We have to be visible. We are not ashamed of who we are – Sylvia Rivera, Transgender Activist

Speaker 3

A pebble can support a barrel.

I wouldn't change anything about my career. I don't need my legacy to be anything. – Ian Poulter

Without justice, there can be no love. – bell hooks

Speaker 4

He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe. – Albert Einstein

It's failure that gives you the proper perspective on success. – Ellen DeGeneres

Speaker 5

The house of a tyrant is a ruin.

Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. – George Will

I said "Somebody should do something about that." Then I realized I am somebody. – Lily Tomlin

Speaker 6

We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears.

If you work hard and you play well, all of those critics will quiet themselves pretty quickly. – Peyton Manning

When you become the image of your own imagination, it's the most powerful thing you could ever do – RuPaul

Speaker 1

You get thrown off balance out there. And I never recovered. Well, I haven’t recovered yet. - Rory McIlroy

Go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is. – Jimmy Carter

Dream with ambition, lead with conviction, and you will be applauded every step of the way. – Kamala Harris

Speaker 2

Find out who you are and do it on purpose. – Dolly Parton

You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say.   – Martin Luther

It is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism. – Angela Davis

Speaker 3

We are searching...not just for answers to our questions, but for new questions. – Spock

In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable. – Dwight Eisenhower

Keep the faith, don’t lose your perseverance and always trust your gut extinct. – Paula Abdul

Speaker 4

Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist. – George Carlin

If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim.” – Lyndon B. Johnson

Don’t ever think that just because you do things differently, you’re wrong. — Gail Tsukiyama

Speaker 5

We mothers stand still so our daughters can look back and see how far they've come. – Ruth (Rhea Perlman)

Denial is gangrene. — Joy Kogawa, poet

Decide first what is authentic, then go after it with all your heart – Louise Erdrich, Chippewa Novelist

Speaker 6

It is possible to commit no errors and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life. – Captain Jean-Luc Picard

All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware. – Martin Buber

I get angry about things and then go on and work – Toni Morrison

Speaker 1

A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.

The dangers of life are infinite, and among them is safety. – Goethe

If you’re creating anything at all, it’s really dangerous to care about what people think. – Kristen Wiig

Speaker 2

A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind.

It is a profitable thing, if one is wise, to seem foolish. – Aeschylus

I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. – Margaret Thatcher

Speaker 3

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist. ― Pablo Picasso

A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass. ― Sioux Proverb

Like Indiana Jones, I don't like snakes - though that might lead some to ask why I'm in politics. – Theresa May

Speaker 4

And if my heart be scarred and burned, the safer, I, for all I learned. ― Dorothy Parker

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. – Chinese Proverb

Giving up is the only sure way to fail. – Gena Showalter

Speaker 5

Don't think you are going to conceal thoughts by concealing evidence that they ever existed. - Dwight Eisenhower

My tongue swore, but my mind was still unpledged. – Euripedes

 I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. ― Taylor Swift

Speaker 6

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing. - Edmund Burke

 It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. – Proverb

 One mistake does not have to rule a person's entire life. ― Joyce Meyer

Speaker 1

The more brilliant the lighting, the quicker it disappears. – Ibn Sina

What you feel versus what is real are usually two different things. ― Eddie Capparucci

You can tell whether a person is clever by their answers. You can tell whether a person is wise by their questions. – Naguib

Speaker 2

A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz. – Humphrey Bogart

You're only given a little spark of madness and if you lose that, you're nothing. – Robin Williams

Competition in itself encourages creativity and creativity is the basis of knowledge. – Farouk El-Baz

Speaker 3

All great art allows us this: a glimpse across the limits of our self. – Hisham Matar

I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers. - Mahatma Gandhi

In war, truth is the first casualty. - Aeschylus

Speaker 4

One does not die from pain unless one chooses to. — Wakako Yamauchi, playwright

A great shot is when you pull it off. A smart shot is when you don't have the guts to try it. - Phil Mickelson

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them. - Khalil Gibran

Speaker 5

Amateurs seek the sun and get eaten. Power stays in the shadows. – Lewis Strauss, Oppenheimer

Catching a fly ball is a pleasure, but knowing what to do with it after you catch it is a business. - Tommy Henrich

You have something in this world, so stand for it. – Ghassan Kanafani

Speaker 6

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else. – R.  Buckminster Fuller

Who is more foolish? The fool or the fool who follows them? – Obi Wan Kenobi

Fear doesn’t prevent death. It prevents life. – Naguib Mahfouz

Speaker 1

If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. ― Minquass Proverb

This worldly life is like a shadow. If you try to catch it, you will never be able to do so. If you turn your back towards it, it has no choice but to follow you. – Ibn Quayyim Al-Jawziyya

Being fearless isn't being 100% not fearful; it's being terrified, but you jump anyway. ― Taylor Swift

Speaker 2

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future. ― Lumbee Proverb

I believe that everyone gets a few good breaks in their life. The lucky ones are those who recognize them and change their lives accordingly. – Mostafa A. El-Sayed

There is nothing stronger than a broken woman who has rebuilt herself. – Hannah Gadsby

Speaker 3

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. ― Cherokee Proverb

Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. – Voltaire

Don’t spend time beating on a wall, hoping to transform it into a door. – Coco Chanel

Speaker 4

Make your bargain before beginning to plow. – Arabian Proverb

It's odd that you can get so anesthetized by your own pain or your own problem that you don't quite fully share the hell of someone close to you. – Lady Bird Johnson

Know that you can start late, look different, be uncertain and still succeed. — Misty Copeland

Speaker 5

If you refuse to be made straight when you are green, you will not be made straight when you are dry. – African Proverb

To overcome my fear, I shackled myself with hope, its links heavier than any metal known to man. – Laila Lalami

I chose to pursue a career in physics because there the truth isn't so easily bent. – Angela Merkel

Speaker 6

Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire. – Arabian Proverb

Those who cannot support themselves, cannot take their own decision. – Gamal Abdel Nasser

Ridicule may be a shield but it is not a weapon. – Dorothy Parker