“Yes We Can!”
— Barack Obama
“Never give up on your dreams.”
“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.”
“There is no excuse for not trying.”
“Change is never easy, but always possible.”
“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.”
“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.”
“Excuses are tools of the incompetent used to build bridges to nowhere and monuments of nothingness.”
“We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.”
“Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.”
“Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.”
“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.”
“Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.”
“We are running out of time.”
“Your voice can change the world.”
“Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!”
“Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.”
“I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.”
“Literacy is the most basic currency of the knowledge economy.”
“We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.”
“We don’t have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society.”
“My identity might begin with the fact of my race, but it didn't, couldn't end there. At least that's what I would choose to believe.”
“For the world has changed, and we must change with it.”
“The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.”
“Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.”
“The future is ours to win. But to get there we can’t just stand still...”
“In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.”
“Yes, we can. Yes, we can change. Yes, we can.”
“Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.”
“The future rewards those who press on. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.”
“If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists – to protect them and to promote their common welfare – all else is lost.”
“We remember, we rebuild, we come back stronger.”
“Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you.”
“We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.”
“There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.”
“Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible.”
“What Washington needs is adult supervision.”
“Don’t just consume things, create things.”
“Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.”
“Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.”
“Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.”
“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.”
“We have a choice. We can shape our future, or let events shape it for us. And if we want to succeed, we can’t fall back on the stale debates and old divides that won’t move us forward.”
“Learning to stand in somebody else’s shoes, to see through their eyes, that’s how peace begins. And it’s up to you to make that happen. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.”
“The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.”
“The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn’t bend on its own.”
“Be conscious of God and speak always the truth.”
“It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.”
“Together, we’re going to finish the job we started.”
“A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.”
“No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hand of the person they love.”
“Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.”
“The easiest way to save money is to waste less energy.”
“You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.”
“Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.”
“If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.”
“We rise and fall as one people, one nation.”
“I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.”
“Love and hope can conquer hate.”
“When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.”
“If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don’t run you’ve already lost.”
“When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk.”
“A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it is an embodiment of our values.”
“The flame of the diya, or lamp, reminds us that light will ultimately triumph over darkness.”
“Every life must be given the chance to realize its full potential – that every life matters.”
“All people should be treated equally, regardless of who they are or who they love.”
“We are not entitled to success we have to earn it.”
“We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech – because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.”
“You have to exercise, or at some point you’ll just break down.”
“The arts are what makes life worth living. You’ve got food, you’ve got shelter, yeah. But the things that make you laugh, make you cry, make you connect – make you love are communicated through the arts. They aren’t extras.”
“We may have different backgrounds, but we believe in the same dream that says this is a country where anything’s possible. No matter who you are. No matter where you come from.”
“No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.”
“My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.”
“We have proved that the true strength of our nation comes not from the scale of our wealth but from the power of our ideals – opportunity, democracy, liberty and hope.”
“The Holy Koran tells us, ‘O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another.’”
“Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.”
“No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.”
“Libraries remind us that truth isn’t about who yells the loudest but who has the right information.”
“So on this Human Rights Day, let us rededicate ourselves to the advancement of human rights and freedoms for all, and pledge always to live by the ideals we promote to the world.”
“We are an American family and we rise and fall together as one nation.”
“You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.”
“Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination.”
“I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.”
“Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.”
“In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.”
“Young men need to show women the respect they deserve and recognize sexual assault and to do their part to stop it.”
“Every single American – gay, straight, lesbian, bisexual, transgender – every single American deserves to be treated equally in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of our society. It’s a pretty simple proposition.”
“The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote.”
“So don’t get cynical. Cynicism didn’t put a man on the moon. Cynicism has never won a war, or cured a disease, or built a business, or fed a young mind. Cynicism is a choice. And hope will always be a better choice.”
“Weapons of war have no place on our streets.”
“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our Democracy; Tonight is your answer.”
“I’m convinced that a world in which girls are educated is a safer, more stable, more prosperous place.”
“Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, and our votes have been counted.”
“No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise.”
“We will convey our deep appreciation for the Islamic faith, which has done so much over the centuries to shape the world – including in my own country.”
“I face the world as it is and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake, evil does exist in the world.”
“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation.”
“In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology.”
“We have got to dispel this myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage.”
“My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech community historically has been really good. Many of these folks are my friends.”
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