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.
BARACK OBAMAWhile we breathe, we will hope.
More Barack Obama Quotes
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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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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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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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Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.
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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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Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.
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When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk.
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You 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.
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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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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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Greatness is never free; it must be earned.
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We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.
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A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
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We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
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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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