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.
BARACK OBAMAEmpathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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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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Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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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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Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.
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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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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.
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It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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