I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
BARACK OBAMAFocusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it’s only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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While we breathe, we will hope.
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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.
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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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Love and hope can conquer hate.
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The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it.
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A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
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You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.
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Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
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