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.
BARACK OBAMAHope – 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.
BARACK OBAMAHistory doesn’t always move in a straight line. Sometimes it zigs and zags.
BARACK OBAMAWe lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it’s easy, but when it is hard.
BARACK OBAMAYou can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.
BARACK OBAMAYou 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 OBAMAThe best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.
BARACK OBAMATransparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.
BARACK OBAMAOf all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
BARACK OBAMAA lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
BARACK OBAMAWhat makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it’s the courage to raise one.
BARACK OBAMADon’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 OBAMAWe don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
BARACK OBAMAWe are the change we have been waiting for.
BARACK OBAMAChange 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.
BARACK OBAMATake off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.
BARACK OBAMAWhile we breathe, we will hope.
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