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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More Barack Obama Quotes
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Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.
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The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
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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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Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.
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When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk.
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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.
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Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you
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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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Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
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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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We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.
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If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that.
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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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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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