Top 500 Barack Obama Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life.”

— Barack Obama

152. “Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.”

— Barack Obama

153. “Change doesn’t come from Washington. Change comes to Washington.”

— Barack Obama

154. “The surest path to success is to surround yourself with brilliant women.”

— Barack Obama

155. “We must carry forward the work of the women who came before us and ensure out daughters have no limits on their dreams, no obstacles to their achievements and no remaining ceilings to shatter.”

— Barack Obama

156. “A nation that can’t control its energy sources can’t control its future.”

— Barack Obama

157. “Don’t just buy a new video game. Make one.”

— Barack Obama

158. “We are at a time in our country’s history that inclusive language is better than exclusive language.”

— Barack Obama

159. “We’re all in this together. That’s how we campaigned, and that’s who we are. This happened because of you. Thank you.”

— Barack Obama

160. “The biggest deficit that we have in our society and in the world right now is an empathy deficit. We are in great need of people being able to stand in somebody else’s shoes and see the world through their eyes.”

— Barack Obama

161. “Do something, Congress. Do anything.”

— Barack Obama

162. “I try never to get too high when things are going well. I try never to get too low when things are going poorly. I try to keep an even keel.”

— Barack Obama

163. “Let me tell your something. I’m from Chicago. I don’t break.”

— Barack Obama

164. “Contrary to the rumors you have heard, I was not born in a manger. I was actually born on Krypton and sent here by my father, Jor-El, to save the planet Earth.”

— Barack Obama

165. “There’s no straight line to progress.”

— Barack Obama

166. “Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart.”

— Barack Obama

167. “The best education I received was working with people in the community on a grassroots basis. Because what it taught me was that ordinary people, when they are working together can do extraordinary things.”

— Barack Obama

168. “In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.”

— Barack Obama

169. “Every single one of you has something you’re good at. Every single one of you has something to offer. And you have a responsibility to yourself to discover what that is. That’s the opportunity an education can provide.”

— Barack Obama

170. “To restore America’s competitiveness, we must recruit a new generation of science and technology leaders by investing in diversity.”

— Barack Obama

171. “The window is closing.”

— Barack Obama

172. “We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.”

— Barack Obama

173. “We live in a culture that discourages empathy. A culture that too often tells us our principle goal in life is to be rich, thin, young, famous, safe, and entertained.”

— Barack Obama

174. “No one is exempt from the call to find common ground.”

— Barack Obama

175. “Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.”

— Barack Obama

176. “Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect.”

— Barack Obama

177. “Global warming is not just the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet – it is one of our greatest challenges of any kind.”

— Barack Obama

178. “Hope is the bedrock of this nation. The belief that our destiny will not be written for us, but by us, by all those men and women who are not content to settle for the world as it is, who have the courage to remake the world as it should be.”

— Barack Obama

179. “Women deserve equal pay for equal work.”

— Barack Obama

180. “Libraries have a special role to play in our knowledge economy. Your institutions have been and should be a place where parents and children come to read together and learn together. We should take our kids there more.”

— Barack Obama

181. “Our environment is too important to neglect and it’s time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises.”

— Barack Obama

182. “Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.”

— Barack Obama

183. “Africa is on the move; a new Africa is emerging!”

— Barack Obama

184. “Lord Bendtner is the best player of all times.”

— Barack Obama

185. “Generally, the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can’t do to you. Says what the federal government can’t do to you. But it doesn’t say what the state or federal government must do on your behalf.”

— Barack Obama

186. “We are a nation of laws.”

— Barack Obama

187. “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.”

— Barack Obama

188. “My second piece of advice is to stay global. As the world continues to change and we become more connected to each other, globalization will bring both benefits and disruptions to our lives. But either way, it’s here, and it’s not going away.”

— Barack Obama

189. “You like pie? I like pie.”

— Barack Obama

190. “We are defined not by our borders but by our bonds.”

— Barack Obama

191. “The biggest challenge, I think, is always maintaining your moral compass.”

— Barack Obama

192. “And Joe Biden, thank you for being the best Vice President I could ever hope for.”

— Barack Obama

193. “While freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.”

— Barack Obama

194. “Never read Who Moved My Cheese in the workplace when you can read The Joy of Not Working.”

— Barack Obama

195. “The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition. It distracts you from what’s truly important.”

— Barack Obama

196. “If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void.”

— Barack Obama

197. “You can’t always come up with the optimal solution, but you can usually come up with a better solution.”

— Barack Obama

198. “The world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face more drought, famine and mass displacement that will fuel more conflict for decades.”

— Barack Obama

199. “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.”

— Barack Obama

200. “We can’t expect to solve problems if all we do is tear each other down. You can disagree with a certain policy without demonizing the person who espouses it.”

— Barack Obama