Speaker 1

Speaker 1

“The measure of a man is what he does with power.” — Plato

“If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.” — Epictetus

“Power is not an institution, and not a structure; it is a name given to a complex strategic situation.” — Michel Foucault

Speaker 2

Speaker 2

“Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.” — Immanuel Kant

“Man is condemned to be free.” — Jean-Paul Sartre

“The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking.” — Martin Heidegger

Speaker 3

Speaker 3

“We are what we repeatedly do.” — Aristotle

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” — Albert Camus

“One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” — Albert Camus

Speaker 4

Speaker 4

“History repeats itself: first as tragedy, second as farce.” — Karl Marx

“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom.” — Søren Kierkegaard

Speaker 5

Speaker 5

“There are no facts, only interpretations.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“The limits of my language mean the limits of my world.” — Ludwig Wittgenstein

“We do not describe the world we see; we see the world we can describe.” — Michel Foucault

Speaker 6

Speaker 6

“The task of philosophy is not to explain the world but to change it.” — Theodor Adorno

“Every word is like an unnecessary stain on silence and nothingness.” — Samuel Beckett

“No human being is innocent, but there is a class of non-guilty.” — Simone de Beauvoir

Speaker 1

Speaker 1

“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” — Vince Lombardi

“Be more concerned with your character than your reputation.” — John Wooden

“You can’t let praise or criticism get to you; it’s a weakness to get caught up in either one.” — Pat Riley

Speaker 2

Speaker 2

“The more you sweat in practice, the less you bleed in battle.” — Bear Bryant

“Talent sets the floor; character sets the ceiling.” — Bill Belichick

“If you want to win, you have to be willing to serve first.” — Dawn Staley

Speaker 3

Speaker 3

“If you’re afraid of failure, you don’t deserve to be successful.” — Charles Barkley

“A champion needs a motivation above and beyond winning.” — Pat Riley

“Discipline is doing what you really don’t want to do so you can do what you really want to do.” — Jeff Fisher

Speaker 4

Speaker 4

“If you want to win, do the ordinary things better than anyone else.” — Chuck Noll

“If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything.” — John Wooden

“Pressure is a privilege.” — Billie Jean King

Speaker 5

Speaker 5

“Success is a project that’s always under construction.” — Pat Summitt

“Leadership is not a position; it’s a responsibility.” — Steve Kerr

“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” — John Wooden

Speaker 6

Speaker 6

“Leadership means lifting others up as you climb.” — Tara VanDerveer

“We can’t control the wind, but we can adjust the sails.” — Lou Holtz

“Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” — Vince Lombardi

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Speaker 1

“Owning your story is the most powerful thing you can ever do.” - Janet Mock

“Your light threatens people only when they fear their own shadows.” - Billy Porter

“Community is built by those who refuse to leave anyone behind.” - Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

Speaker 2

Speaker 2

“It’s impossible to love yourself if you’re judging yourself.” - Laverne Cox

“Visibility means nothing unless it leads to real change.” - Janet Mock

“Authenticity is your greatest form of armor.” - Billy Porter

Speaker 3

Speaker 3

“Courage grows each time you insist on being seen as yourself.” - Elliot Page

“Your truth becomes powerful the moment you speak it aloud.” - Laverne Cox

“Greatness begins where shame ends.” - Billy Porter

Speaker 4

Speaker 4

“Freedom means nothing unless everyone has a share in it.” - Marsha P. Johnson

“Stepping into who you are can be the loudest act of resistance.” - Elliot Page

“Stories change the world by changing the storyteller.” - Juno Dawson

Speaker 5

Speaker 5

“You can change the world by refusing to disappear.” - Marsha P. Johnson

“To imagine new futures, we must first unlearn old fears.” - Alok Vaid-Menon

“Revolutions begin when the people nobody listens to finally speak up.” - Sylvia Rivera

Speaker 6

Speaker 6

“The world becomes more beautiful when we stop policing it.” - Alok Vaid-Menon

“To challenge power, we must first challenge the narratives that protect it.” - Che Gossett

“No movement for justice succeeds unless someone is willing to throw the first brick.” - Marsha P. Johnson

Speaker 7

Speaker 7

“Survival itself can be an act of defiance.” - Miss Major Griffin-Gracy

“Justice begins where invisibility ends.” - Che Gossett

“The journey toward authenticity begins when you stop apologizing for who you are.” - Janet Mock