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.
BARACK OBAMAReading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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Love and hope can conquer hate.
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Take 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.
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When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
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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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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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It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy.
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A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.
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Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.
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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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The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.
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If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.
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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 future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.
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