I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
BARACK OBAMAI think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.
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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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If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
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Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.
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In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.
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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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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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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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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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No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom’. If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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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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