You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
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.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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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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Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.
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When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.
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A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
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Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.
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We don’t ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
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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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No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.
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On every continent, there are girls who will go on to change the world in ways we can only imagine, if only we allow them the freedom to dream.
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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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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 think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law
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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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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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When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.
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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.
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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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Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
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It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.
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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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Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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While we breathe, we will hope.
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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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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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