99 Inspiring Quotes By Barack Obama That Will Uplift Your Spirits
Barack Hussein Obama II is a politician from the United States, who went on to become the 44th President of the country in 2008 and is considered to be an iconic figure in world politics for becoming the first African-American person to become the US President. Obama studied at the prestigious Columbia University and then went to Harvard University to study law. After working as a lawyer and then as a law teacher at University of Chicago, Obame went into politics. He is a multi-talented man and is considered among one of the greatest orators of his generation. Obama’s rousing speeches during his presidential campaign are regarded as one of the primary reasons why he won the Democratic candidature and then the Presidential election of 2008. He served two terms as the President of the United States from 2008 and 2016, during which he accomplished a lot and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009. Obama is a man of rare talent and was often seen in public places with common Americans. He also wrote the book ‘The Audacity of Hope’ that went on to become hugely popular. Here are some of the best quotes from one of the greatest orators and world leaders of the 21st century.
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.
A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
We are the change we have been waiting for.
In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.
In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.
We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.
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 poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.
Why can't I just eat my waffle?
It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.
You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.
Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.
While we breathe, we will hope.
A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.
Change we need
The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.
Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up
We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.
Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom.
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.
A nation that can't control its energy sources can't control its future.
Change is never easy, but always possible.
All too rarely do I hear people asking just what it is that we've done to make so many children's hearts so hard, or what collectively we might do to right their moral compass - what values we must live by.
We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist.
It's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.
What Washington Needs is Adult Supervision.
There is no excuse for not trying.
