It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
BARACK OBAMAFind somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Rise to their needs.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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We 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.
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Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.
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To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society’s ills on the West – know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy.
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Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
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I’m a warrior for the middle class.
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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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We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
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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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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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Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.
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One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.
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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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Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
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