I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
BARACK OBAMAAs we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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There is no excuse for not trying.
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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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If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
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No, you can’t deny women their basic rights and pretend it’s about your ‘religious freedom’. If you don’t like birth control, don’t use it. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.
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Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.
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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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You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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