Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
BARACK OBAMAThe 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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Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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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.
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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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Yes We Can!
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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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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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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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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.
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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.
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If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
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Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
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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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Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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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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We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
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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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As we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.
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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.
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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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