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.
BARACK OBAMAThe best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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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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Change is never easy, but always possible.
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If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.
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Yes We Can!
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The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
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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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When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
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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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A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
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Why can’t I just eat my waffle?
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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 best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.
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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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The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women
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Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
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