What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.
BARACK OBAMAI think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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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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History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
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As we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
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When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.
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There is no excuse for not trying.
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I want every young man who sees me to know that I’m not that different from them. I wasn’t born into wealth. I wasn’t born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes – but I kept at it.
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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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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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We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.
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