Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
BARACK OBAMAIf somebody is different from you, that’s not something you criticize, that’s something that you appreciate.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
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One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.
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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.
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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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A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.
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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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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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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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If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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