Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
BARACK OBAMAThe best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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Love and hope can conquer hate.
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To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear.
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Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
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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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I think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.
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We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
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A child’s course in life should be determined not by the zip code she’s born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams.
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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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Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.
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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West – know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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