As the same with Brazil, I cannot begin to fathom the question "How was the Fourth Estate?" I might spontaneously combust if I tried to answer that one.
What I can relay to you are some of the magnificent things the speakers said to us. These people were truly the epitome of amazing/inspirational/life-changers.
READ ALL OF THEM. They might just change your life too.
"Anger is like holding a hot coal while waiting to throw it at enemies-- you get burned in the process." - Tom Shadyac
"Live a life that demands explanation." - Not sure who said this, but it was someone at the 4E
"We are here for a minute, but we want to leave a legacy." -Jedidiah Jenkins
"Proving the universal through the specific." -Jason Russell
"The potential we all have is dangerous. We must make it kinetic, otherwise it's like it's not there." - Sean Stevenson
"Live on purpose." - Sean Stevenson
"The difference between arrogance and confidence is the difference between proving yourself and improving yourself." - Sean Stevenson
"We all share one common limitation: the size of your BUT." -Sean Stevenson (and no, not "butt")
and going along with the quote above.... "When we sit back on our 'buts', we miss the opportunities in life."- Sean Stevenson
"Learn to listen to the five year old child inside of you. NEVER go as far as wanting to silence that child forever." - Sean Stevenson
"Every moment in your life is preparing you for opportunity to come." -Jason Russell
"Think of what you want to be on your tombstone."-Jason Russell
"Most people believe the world can be better, and given the opportunity they will try." -Marian Rachmere
"The world is dangerous not because of the evil people, but because of the people who do nothing." -Albert Einstein (Marian quoted him... Albert Einstein wasn't actually at the conference.)
"It's not about the grammar, but rather how you TELL the story." - Carl Wilkins
"It's not about what you don't have and can't do with it. It's about what you do with what you have." -Carl Wilkins
"Genocide stems from thinking that says 'My world would be better without you."- Carl Wilkins
"We need to hear the stories of the bystanders, the perpetrators, and the victims." Carl Wilkins
"People don't give to charities, they give to PEOPLE." - Carl Wilkins
"Empathy is the ultimate invisible hand." - Jeremy Rifkin
"It's not 'Where is God?', it's 'Where's Gods people?"- Gary Haugen
"Jump first, fear later."- Ben Keesey
"Don't imitate, innovate."- Shannon Davis
"Joy is the oxygen during the times of hard demands." - Shannon Davis
"True change can only come from within."-Adam Finck
"Blood red is the color of people, and that's what matters." -Jolly Okot
"ALWAYS ASK."- Shervin Pisherar
"The most successful businesses are the ones that embrace friendship." - Shervin Pisherar
"Giving up yourself is when you truly find yourself."- Shervin Pisherar
"While we sit on our cushion of wealth and comfort, we fall asleep." -Tom Shadyac
"Building the plane as it's flying." - Ben Keesey
"We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same horizon." -Konrad
"Character is what you do in the dark." -.... can't remember....
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes it's that quite voice that says 'I'll try again tomorrow."- Marian Rachmere
