History doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
BARACK OBAMAThe best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
More Barack Obama Quotes
-
-
Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
BARACK OBAMA -
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.
BARACK OBAMA -
No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.
BARACK OBAMA -
Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
BARACK OBAMA -
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.
BARACK OBAMA -
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.
BARACK OBAMA -
If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
BARACK OBAMA -
In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity – it is a prerequisite.
BARACK OBAMA -
Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
BARACK OBAMA -
I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago
BARACK OBAMA -
We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
BARACK OBAMA -
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 OBAMA -
When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
BARACK OBAMA -
I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.
BARACK OBAMA -
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.
BARACK OBAMA