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.
BARACK OBAMAOf all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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You didn’t elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.
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You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
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I think, as you get older, that’s when your ambitions become “peculiar”.
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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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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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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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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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If somebody is different from you, that’s not something you criticize, that’s something that you appreciate.
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Yes We Can!
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When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
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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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In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
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Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
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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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The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.
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