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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 Obama

Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
BARACK OBAMA

Finding Hope Need Raise Rise Success
If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
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Bullying Man Respect Strong Women
When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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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.
BARACK OBAMA

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We are the change we have been waiting for.
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One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.
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Disrespect Insult Law One Liner
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.
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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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While we breathe, we will hope.
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Breathe Hope Inspirational One Liner
Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
BARACK OBAMA

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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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The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.
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It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.
BARACK OBAMA

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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

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Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
BARACK OBAMA

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