The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely.
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.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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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.
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I want every young man who sees me to know that I’m not that different from them. I wasn’t born into wealth. I wasn’t born into fame. I made a lot of mistakes – but I kept at it.
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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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The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.
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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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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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Change 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.
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness.
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A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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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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Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.
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As we look forward to the New Year, let’s resolve to recommit ourselves to the values we share.
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