Aaron Sorkin

Decisions are made by those who show up.

Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks. Dare to fail. Remember the first person through the wall always gets hurt.

Make no mistake about it, you are dumb. You're a group of incredibly well-educated dumb people. There are some screwups headed your way. It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.

Don't ever forget that a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. It's the only thing that ever has.

Develop your own compass, and trust it. Take risks. Dare to fail. Remember, the first person through the wall always gets bloody.

Don't ever forget that you're a citizen of this world. There are things you can do to lift the human spirit — things that are easy, things that are free, things that you can do every day. Civility, respect, kindness, character.

You're gonna fall down, but the world doesn't care how many times you fall down, as long as it's one fewer than the number of times you get back up.