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.
BARACK OBAMAIf you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
More Barack Obama Quotes
-
-
I’m a warrior for the middle class.
BARACK OBAMA -
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.
BARACK OBAMA -
If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
BARACK OBAMA -
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.
BARACK OBAMA -
Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
BARACK OBAMA -
History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
BARACK OBAMA -
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.
BARACK OBAMA -
The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.
BARACK OBAMA -
No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
BARACK OBAMA -
I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
BARACK OBAMA -
You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
BARACK OBAMA -
Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
BARACK OBAMA -
Where there is no experience the wise man is silent.
BARACK OBAMA -
We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
BARACK OBAMA -
Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
BARACK OBAMA