We will learn that though we think big, we must act and live small in order to accomplish what we seek. Because we will be action and education focused, and forgo validation and status, our ambition will not be grandiose but iterative — one foot in front of the other, learning and growing and putting in the time.

It is through improvisation and adaptation to unanticipated obstacles that we make our biggest breakthroughs.

Breakthrough moments are often the result of many previous actions, which build up to potential required to unleash a major change.

When a crisis is at its deepest, it can offer a huge opportunity. When things fall apart, we can redesign, recast, and rebuild.

The great periods of our life occur when we gain the courage to rechristen what is bad about us as what is best.

This is how we make important changes — barely, poorly, slowly.

Change starts local. Even global changes start small — with people like us. In our generation, the struggle of whether we connect more, whether we achieve our biggest opportunities, comes down to this — your ability to build communities and create a world where every single person has a sense of purpose.

Or, rather, let us be more simple and less vain.

Our courage and our resolve will be tested. And so too will our imagination. Because our world is changing. And if we are prepared to imagine and to shape it in new ways, we will find ourselves stronger, more free - a better, closer community.

Let us be courageous in the face of life's disappointments - all the while knowing we are a step closer toward our goal as we grow in determination.

Great change begins with small steps taken at home.

When facing a big challenge, break it down to smaller ones first.

We will be bold. We will be radical. We will face resistance and we will meet it. We will give the country what it so sorely needs, and yet too often has been denied: a government prepared to make long-term decisions so that we can build a brighter future for everyone. Be in no doubt: it is time for a change — and we are it.

Extraordinary benefits also accrue to the tiny majority with the guts to quit early and refocus their efforts on something new.