When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
BARACK OBAMAFocusing 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.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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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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Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.
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The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.
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A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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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.
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If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
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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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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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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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There is no excuse for not trying.
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I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
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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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Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
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We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
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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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