Barack Obama Quotes
"Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.""The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside smaller differences in service of a greater purpose.""The thing about hip-hop today is it's smart, it's insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable.""We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.""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 you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.""We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.""A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.""We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.""I'm inspired by the people I meet in my travels—hearing their stories, seeing the hardships they overcome, their fundamental optimism and decency. I'm inspired by the love people have for their children. And I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world a little bit better. And they make me want to be a better man.""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.""In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.""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.""Yes, we can.""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.""If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.""No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise. But when Governor Romney and his allies in Congress tell us we can somehow lower our deficit by spending trillions more on new tax breaks for the wealthy - well, you do the math. I r""Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
