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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.

Barack Obama

Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.
BARACK OBAMA

Expectation Father Humour Live Man Mistake Try
One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.
BARACK OBAMA

Disrespect Insult Law One Liner
No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
BARACK OBAMA

People Religion Responsible Terrorism Violence War
I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
BARACK OBAMA

Dedication Education Goodness Hard Work Struggle Sweat
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.
BARACK OBAMA

Change Inspirational Nation Room World
Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
BARACK OBAMA

Change Inspirational Person Seek Time Wait
It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.
BARACK OBAMA

Each Other Friendship Love Talk Wound
It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
BARACK OBAMA

Change Enough Game Hustle Motivational Player
Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.
BARACK OBAMA

Belief Difficulty Faith God Hope Uncertain
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.
BARACK OBAMA

Avoid Failure Inspirational Learning Patience Shame
Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
BARACK OBAMA

Fight Gratitude Involvement Mind Motivational Table
A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
BARACK OBAMA

Dog One Liner Race Shelter
We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
BARACK OBAMA

Fear Future Inspirational Motivational Shape Success
When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
BARACK OBAMA

Business Give Up Inspirational Success Time Tough
Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
BARACK OBAMA

Destination Share Story Success Victory
If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
BARACK OBAMA

Bullying Man Respect Strong Women

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