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.
BARACK OBAMAThe best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.
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One voice can change a room, and if one voice can change a room, then it can change a city, and if it can change a city, it can change a state, and if it change a state, it can change a nation, and if it can change a nation, it can change the world. Your voice can change the world.
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One thing I don’t like is when you disrespect the law.
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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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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.
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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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Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you
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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.
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I wouldn’t be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago
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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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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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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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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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