Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
BARACK OBAMATo be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
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Focusing 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.
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One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.
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Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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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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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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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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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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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
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It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had – to find the greatness that lies within each of us.
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
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When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
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