When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
BARACK OBAMAOur destiny is not written for us, but by us.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress.
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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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If somebody is different from you, that’s not something you criticize, that’s something that you appreciate.
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It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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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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We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.
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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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The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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A child’s course in life should be determined not by the zip code she’s born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams.
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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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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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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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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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The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
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Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
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