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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.

Barack Obama

We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
BARACK OBAMA

Behind Each Other Leaving Let Go Praise
Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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Election Law Politics President Rule
You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.
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Claim Eyes Lock Responsiblity Shape World
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.
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Bullying Future Girl School Women World
Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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Deep Eat Insult Interfere One Linner
Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope! In the end, that is God’s greatest gift to us. A belief in things not seen. A belief that there are better days ahead.
BARACK OBAMA

Belief Difficulty Faith God Hope Uncertain
We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it’s easy, but when it is hard.
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Compromise Defend Fight Honor Ideal Ourselves
The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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Business One Liner Opportunity Success
I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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Constituation Law Nation Principle Thinking
Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
BARACK OBAMA

Deep Hammer Healing Inspirational Nails Problem
The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won’t. It’s whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it.
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Avoid Failure Inspirational Learning Patience Shame
On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.
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Change Dreamss Freedom Girl Imagination World
Someone once said that every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for their father’s mistakes.
BARACK OBAMA

Expectation Father Humour Live Man Mistake Try
One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
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Children Education Investment Knowledge Quality
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.
BARACK OBAMA

Change Inspirational Person Seek Time Wait
You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
BARACK OBAMA

Failure Healing Inspirational Motivational Teaching

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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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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