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 OBAMAWe may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities.
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.
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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.
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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 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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You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
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If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
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In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
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