Best Powerful Barack Obama Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live a Great Life

An American attorney and politician, Barack Hussein Obama was the first African American to become the President of the United States. Obama was the 44th President of the country, and during the term of his office, the United States has very evidently progressed in numerous aspects, including social, economic, and political.

He has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 and won the Profile in Courage Award in 2017.

Besides his remarkable work as a politician, Obama has written more than 20 popularly acknowledged books including "A Promised Land", "Dreams from my Father", and many more.

Some of the famous Barack Obama quotes are listed below:

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

The path of life is undoubtedly a challenging one. But as long as you are walking on the right path, no matter how challenging it is, you are bound to make progress. But that will only happen if you are willing to stay strong and not give up. Only then, will you be able to excel and grow in life.

While we breath, we hope.

As long as our lungs have air inside them, it would be terrible of us to lose hope. Obama, through this quotation, passes a rather optimistic statement. He means that as long as we are alive, we should not stop hoping for better days, better things, and better people, for holding onto hope is what makes being alive more pure and worth it.

It's important that we're talking to each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.

One should be incredibly careful of their words, and what they're saying to people because once you say something, you cannot take it back. Apologies and a better understanding of your side might help clear the air a bit, but words stay with people forever, and words tend to cut deeper than knives.

This is why it is important that we think before we speak and let out words that will help and heal, and not destroy.

You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.

This quote highlights the fact that regardless of what you try to do, and the number of times you do it, a person who is bad and unkind, will continue to stay so. The most you could do is embellish the exterior, but if somebody is bad from the inside, then no matter what way light you put them in, they will stay the same and it is not going to change the way they are.

The sooner one realises this, the better it is for them in the long run.

You cannot let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Obama has very righteously given this great quote.

Our failures and mistakes don't define us; rather they help us grow and help us shape a better version of ourselves. If we let our failures scare us into giving up, then we would never be able to continue the path of growth and success, because no path in life is free of obstacles and hindrances. The real test is whether we are able to overcome them by fighting them head-on, and get up after falling, instead of losing hope.

Therefore, never let your fears and failures rule you, instead rule them, and you will even learn a thing or two from them!

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Change in life is always difficult to deal with. But it is an inevitable part of everyone's life which they need to come to terms with. And the sooner they do that, the easier and better it gets for them to adjust and adapt to it.

Change at times can be excruciatingly painful, but it is always good in the long run and for the future of a person.

No matter how hard it might be, it is never impossible, and if you are willing to change, you very well can.

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

The world is full of hatred and unpleasant people and things, and we might not be able to strip all the evil from the world, but what we could do is try changing ourselves and our surroundings first.

The world might be bad, but there is no reason why we should be too. Being kind, compassionate, and polite to other people is the key to change because it all starts from you and within you.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

The place or situation you are in presently, is not necessarily the place you will always be in. If it's not where you want to be, then all you need to do is put your time, energy, and efforts correctly and in the correct place, so that you end up in the place you want to be.

It might be tough and challenging, but it is always possible.

There is no excuse for not trying.

One cannot possibly argue over not trying. There are no excuses or reasons that are valid enough for someone to not even try something. What's the worst-case scenario if you do? You might fail. But you also might pass and excel. Even if you don't, at least your failures and mistakes will teach you a lesson and help you grow.

This is why not even trying is actually the worst-case scenario, and not losing.

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Be conscious of God and speak always the truth.

Never support dishonesty and avoid keeping an ignorant attitude towards being truthful. Don't think that no one would come to know, instead, think about yourself because you know. Have a conscience strong enough to stop you from lying, regardless of what the situation is.

Always think about the aftermath, for no matter how brilliantly one lies, the truth can only be kept hidden for so long; it is bound to get out. Besides, honestly is the best policy.

I had nothing to escape from except my own inner doubt.

Obama has tried to narrate the journey of his own life through this quote. By this, he means that self-doubts and inhibitions are your only worst enemy, and one should get rid of them because they will stunt your growth as a person in life.

Once a person rises above his/her doubts and questions, they become unstoppable.

Look at yourself before you pass judgement. Don't make someone else clean up your mess.

Before judging anybody else, always look in the mirror and remind yourself that nobody is perfect, and so neither are you. Even while giving some advice to someone else, make sure you practice what you preach.

One should always be careful before judging anybody else, for if you pass a particular judgement without thinking and contemplating, you would be giving the other person a chance to belittle you even more.

We now live in a world where the most valuable skill you could sell is knowledge.

Knowledge is not only the most valuable skill but also the best asset there is. This is because having information, facts, and skills related to anything at all is of major importance; without that, one is unable to comprehend or understand at all, thereby unable to carry out a task to its maximum potential.

Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we have been waiting for. We are the change we seek.

There is no right time or right opportunity for change to come; one has to utilise whatever opportunity they have got for change comes from the moment you work towards bringing it. If you wait for other people to come along or help you out, you are simply going to fall behind. You are all that you need, for change comes from within and by oneself, it has nothing to do with time or other people.

Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.

Everybody's perception of life and the way of living it is different, just as everybody's idea of happiness differs from one another. Just because one's idea of being happy does not seem to match yours or fit your perspective; it does not mean that it is invalid or weird. It simply means that there is a difference of opinion, as there will be in so many other things too because everyone tends to function uniquely.

Nobody deserves to be mocked or bullied for how their version of happiness is.

Religious freedom does not mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.

Religious freedom relates to the ability to freely practice or support the religion of your own choice, or to not follow any. It, however, does not mean to belittle any other religion or to force others to follow the religion you support, in the slightest.

The religious beliefs that you consider essential, somebody else might not and it is highly important to accept the fact that it is completely up to the person whether or not he/she is willing to follow a particular religion or does not wish to follow any. No one can and nobody should force or project their beliefs on other people.

How could we judge other men until we had stood in their shoes?

We have absolutely no right to judge anybody else until and unless we have ever been in their place or underwent, they experience they did. As long as we don't physically or mentally go through something that somebody else did, we would have no idea as to how they must have felt; we can only think about it or imagine being there and that is not enough to tell somebody about something they have endured and not us.

We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.

Rather than striving for perfection, one should focus more on their efforts, dedication, and determination towards their task or work and give it their best while knowing that it might not turn out to be the way they wanted it to and even if it did, it is not going to be perfect. Accepting this is an essential factor in life because if one keeps on getting discouraged because of imperfection, then they won't be able to move ahead in the course of their life.

Confidence. The secret to a man's success.

Being confident matters the most in the journey of success and happens to be the key aspect behind one's growth too. If one is confident and self-aware, then he/she does not have anything to worry about for neither people's attempts to bring them down nor their own fears or doubts would be able to shake their resolve.

But one also has to be careful to not let their confidence change into arrogance or cockiness because that will cost them and only have them fall behind rather than moving forward.

You can't plan out your life. What you have to do first is discover your passion – what you really care about.

It is not humanely possible for one to have their entire life mapped out in front of them in any circumstance. Life is like a huge puzzle that one can only move forward by fitting the pieces into their places one by one.

What you can and should do is find your strengths, your passion, something that speaks for your personality and identifies you, something that is yours. Once you discover what you like the most, chase after it and chase after it hard and with all your might.

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Barack Obama Quotes on Change

1. 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.

2. Change is never easy, but always possible.

3. 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.

4. Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

5. Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

6. Your voice can change the world.

7. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.

8. We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.

9. Yes, we can. Yes, we can change. Yes, we can.

10. 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.

11. A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.

12. 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.

13. It’s not just enough to change the players. We’ve gotta change the game.

14. In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it.

15. No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.

16. For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change.

17. When times change, so must we.

18. At the moment that we persuade a child, any child, to cross that threshold, that magic threshold into a library, we change their lives forever, for the better.

19. We are the change we have been waiting for.

20. We long for unity, but are unwilling to pay the price. But of course, true unity cannot be so easily won. It starts with a change in attitudes – a broadening of our minds, and a broadening of our hearts.

21. Change we need.

22. Change doesn’t come from Washington. Change comes to Washington.

23. Don’t shortchange the future, because of fear in the present.

24. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.

25. The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart, because we’ve changed this country before.

26. We know the battle ahead will be long. But always remember that, no matter what obstacles stand in our way, nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.

27. 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.

28. Now we’re in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change – we’re doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change – inch by inch, day by day.

Barack Obama Quotes on Education

1. The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.

2. The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education.

3. Higher education cannot be a luxury reserved just for a privileged few. It is an economic necessity for every family. And every family should be able to afford it.

4. One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education.

5. We know that education is everything to our children’s future. We know that they will no longer just compete for good jobs with children from Indiana, but children from India and China and all over the world.

6. 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.

7. We have an obligation and a responsibility to be investing in our students and our schools. We must make sure that people who have the grades, the desire and the will, but not the money, can still get the best education possible.

8. 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.

9. I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.

10. 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 Quotes on Leadership

1. The terms of peace may be negotiated by political leaders, but the fate of peace is up to each of us.

2. I think that leadership more than anything is about setting a course and describing a vision for people.

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

4. His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon.

5. I’m always suspicious of politics dividing people instead of bringing them together.

6. There was never a promise that race relations in America would be entirely resolved during my presidency or anybody’s presidency. I mean, this has been a running thread – and – and fault line in American life and American politics since its founding.

7. Everybody knows politics is a contact sport.

8. Money is the original sin in politics and I am not sinless.

9. The kind of violence, looting, destruction that we saw from a handful of individuals in Baltimore, there’s no excuse for that, that’s not a statement, that’s not politics, that’s not activism, it’s just criminal behavior.

Barack Obama Quotes on Love

1. All people should be treated equally, regardless of who they are or who they love.

2. Love and hope can conquer hate.No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hand of the person they love.

3. 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.

4. We are reminded that in the fleeting time we have on this Earth, what matters is not wealth or status or power or fame, but rather how well we have Loved and what small part we have played in making the lives of other people better.

5. Above all, children need our unconditional love, whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life is tough.

6. I would love to see an America where race is understood in the same way that the ethnic diversity of the white population is understood.

7. Jesus lived a life of peace, love, kindness and forgiveness, during the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, may we all do our best to follow his example.

8. There are few things in life harder to find and more important to keep than love. Well, love and a birth certificate.

9. If we are truly created equal then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.

Barack Obama Quotes on Hope

1. 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.

2. Hope – Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!

3. In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.

4. The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. While we breathe, we will hope.

8. We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.

9. That is why we fight – in hopes of a day when we no longer need to.

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

11. On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.

12. 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.

13. Find somebody to be successful for. Raise their hopes. Think of their needs.

Barack Obama Quotes on Life

1. 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.

2. Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.

3. Every life must be given the chance to realize its full potential – that every life matters.

4. Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life’s worst hazards and misfortune.

8. If there’s even one thing we can do – even one life we can save – we have an obligation to try.

9. Peace is not just the absence of war. True peace depends upon creating the opportunity that makes life worth living. And to do that, we must confront the common enemies of human beings: nuclear weapons and poverty; ignorance and disease.

10. I am reminded every day of my life, if not by events, then by my wife, that I am not a perfect man.

11. With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.

12. My mother was the one constant in my life. When I think about my mom raising me alone when she was 20, and working and paying the bills, and, you know, trying to pursue your own dreams, I think is a feat that is unmatched.

Barack Obama Quotes on Success

1. We are not entitled to success we have to earn it.

2. The surest path to success is to surround yourself with brilliant women.

3. No matter how much you’ve done, or how successful you’ve been, there’s always more to do, more to learn, more to achieve.

4. We need to teach our kids that it’s not just the winner of the Super Bowl who deserves to be celebrated, but the winner of the science fair...

Barack Obama Inauguration Speech Quotes

1. Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well.

2. For now decisions are upon us, and we cannot afford delay. We cannot mistake absolutism for principle, or substitute spectacle for politics, or treat name-calling as reasoned debate. We must act, knowing that our work will be imperfect.

3. The commitments we make to each other – through Medicare, and Medicaid, and Social Security – these things do not sap our initiative; they strengthen us.  They do not make us a nation of takers; they free us to take the risks that make this country great.

4. We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity.  We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.

Famous Barack Obama Quotes and Sayings

1. Yes We Can!

2. Never give up on your dreams.

3. There is no excuse for not trying.

4. If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

5. Excuses are tools of the incompetent used to build bridges to nowhere and monuments of nothingness.

6. We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.

7. Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.

8. Literacy is the most basic currency of the knowledge economy.

9. We are running out of time.

10. I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.

11. We remember, we rebuild, we come back stronger.

12. We don’t have time for a meeting of the Flat Earth Society.

13. Our destiny is not written for us, but by us.

14. 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.

15. The future is ours to win. But to get there we can’t just stand still...

16. 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.

17. Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you.

18. Reading is the gateway skill that makes all other learning possible.

19. 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.

20. We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.

21. Don’t just consume things, create things.

22. There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.

23. Where you are right now doesn’t have to determine where you’ll end up.

24. Don’t just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.

25. What Washington needs is adult supervision.

26. When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.

27. Persevere. Nothing worthwhile is easy.

28. 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.

29. A budget is more than just a series of numbers on a page; it is an embodiment of our values.

30. The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn’t bend on its own.

31. Be conscious of God and speak always the truth.

32. You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

33. Together, we’re going to finish the job we started.

34. When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don’t really have to do anything, you just let them talk.

35. We rise and fall as one people, one nation.

36. Islam has a proud tradition of tolerance.

37. Religious freedom doesn’t mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs.

38. The easiest way to save money is to waste less energy.

39. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.

40. If you’re a strong man, you should not feel threatened by strong women.

41. The flame of the diya, or lamp, reminds us that light will ultimately triumph over darkness.

42. If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don’t run you’ve already lost.

43. 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.

44. You have to exercise, or at some point you’ll just break down.

45. 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.

46. We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech – because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.

47. We are an American family and we rise and fall together as one nation.

48. Nobody cares how tough your upbringing was. Nobody cares if you suffered some discrimination.

49. My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.

50. Libraries remind us that truth isn’t about who yells the loudest but who has the right information.

51. 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.’

52. 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.

53. You can put lipstick on a pig. It’s still a pig.

54. Young men need to show women the respect they deserve and recognize sexual assault and to do their part to stop it.

55. No religion is responsible for terrorism. People are responsible for violence and terrorism.

56. Sticking your head in the sand might make you feel safer, but it’s not going to protect you from the coming storm.

57. I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.

58. Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.

59. 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.

60. The role of citizen in our democracy does not end with your vote.

61. Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, and our votes have been counted.

62. Slowly, but surely, we are moving in the right direction. We’re on the right track. The economy is getting stronger.

63. Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation.

64. Weapons of war have no place on our streets.

65. 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.

66. I’m convinced that a world in which girls are educated is a safer, more stable, more prosperous place.

67. 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.

68. We don’t quit. I don’t quit. Let’s seize this moment.

69. 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.

70. No party has a monopoly on wisdom. No democracy works without compromise.

71. In our household, the Bible, the Koran and the Bhagavad Gita sat on the shelf alongside books of Greek and Norse and African mythology.

72. We have got to dispel this myth that bullying is just a normal rite of passage.

73. We have to acknowledge the progress we made, but understand that we still have a long way to go. That things are better, but still not good enough.

74. My relationship with Silicon Valley and the tech community historically has been really good. Many of these folks are my friends.

75. But what we can do, as flawed as we are, is still see God in other people, and do our best to help them find their own grace. That’s what I strive to do, that’s what I pray to do every day.

76. The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons.

77. The Muslim call to prayer is one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset.

78. A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come.

79. Greatness is never free; it must be earned.

80. Unless you’re one of the first Americans, a Native American, you came from someplace else. Somebody brought you.

81. 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.

82. No discrimination, that’s what we’re about as a country.

83. I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, when everyone plays by the same rules.

84. The only people who don’t want to disclose the truth are the people with something to hide.

85. Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

86. To keep Nigeria ONE, is a task that must be DONE...

87. Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children’s hands early and often.

88. Empowering women isn’t just the right thing to do – it’s the smart thing to do.

89. We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

90. Do something, Congress. Do anything.

91. Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important.

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

93. The window is closing.

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

95. Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied.

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

97. Why can’t I just eat my waffle?

98. We remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.

99. Turns out I’m really good at killing people. Didn’t know that was gonna be a strong suit of mine.

100. Let me tell your something. I’m from Chicago. I don’t break.

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

102. 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.

103. The biggest challenge, I think, is always maintaining your moral compass.

104. No one is exempt from the call to find common ground.

105. Women deserve equal pay for equal work.

106. There is not a liberal America and a conservative America – there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and latino America and asian America – there’s the United States of America.

107. Peace is not merely the absence of visible conflict. Only a just peace based on the inherent rights and dignity of every individual can truly be lasting.

108. 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.

109. Don’t just buy a new video game. Make one.

110. 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.

111. You Can’t Rest on Your Laurels. Your Own Body of Work Is Yet to Come.

112. 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.

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

114. 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.

115. Lord Bendtner is the best player of all times.

116. Africa is on the move; a new Africa is emerging!

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

118. We are a nation of laws.

119. 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.

120. Through words he gave voice to the voiceless. Through deeds he gave courage to the faint of heart.

121. Africa doesn’t need strongmen, it needs strong institutions.

122. There’s no straight line to progress.

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

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

125. America’s nurses are the beating heart of our medical system.

126. But it will depend on young people like you being open to new ideas and new possibilities. And it will require young people like you never to stereotype or assume the worst about other people.

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

128. Loving this country requires more than singing its praises or avoiding uncomfortable truths. It requires the occasional disruption, the willingness to speak out for what’s right, and shake up the status quo.

129. I think that the important point is we’ve got to have a president who understands the benefits of free trade but also is going to enforce unfair trade agreements and is going to stand up to other countries.

130. Right now I would rank Norway as the largest country in the world, I have never seen anything like it.

131. For all the cruelty and hardship of our world, we are not mere prisoners of fate. Our actions matter, and can bend history in the direction of justice.

132. My first job is to say thank you to those who voted me. Those who didn’t, I’m going to get your vote next time.

133. I will sign a universal health-care bill into law by the end of my first term as president that will cover every American and cut the cost of a typical family’s premium by up to $2,500 a year.

134. 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.

135. Throughout history, Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality.

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

137. If you work hard. And are responsible. You should be rewarded.

138. 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.

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

140. The terrorists do not speak for over a billion Muslims who reject their hateful ideology.

141. It was the call of workers who organized; women who reached for the ballot; a President who chose the moon as our new frontier; and a King who took us to the mountain top and pointed the way to the Promised Land. Yes we can!

142. What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth.

143. California is our biggest economy. California is our biggest agricultural producer. So what happens here matters to every working American.

144. I never understood that line. The point was to inhale. That was the point.

145. To break our addiction to oil is one of the greatest challenges that our generation will have to master.

146. I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It’s not a good use of our resources.

147. We should not anticipate that every time countries come together that we are doing some revolutionary thing. Instead of hitting home runs, sometimes we’re going to hit singles.

148. I can’t really characterize any country, except to say that we work well with a number of our foreign counterparts.

149. 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.

150. A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship – and you know what, a father does, too. It’s time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a ‘Mad Men’ episode.

151. The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.

152. I don’t have time to complain. I’m going to press on.

153. Prosperity without freedom is just another form of poverty.

154. You like pie? I like pie.

155. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

156. I’m determined to disagree with people without being disagreeable. That’s part of the empathy. Empathy doesn’t just extend to cute little kids. You have to have empathy when you’re talking to some guy who doesn’t like black people.

157. It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today.

158. I look forward to hosting an Iftar dinner celebrating Ramadan here at the White House later this week, and wish you a blessed month.

159. The journey will be difficult. The road will be long. I face this challenge with profound humility, and knowledge of my own limitations. But I also face it with limitless faith in the capacity of the American people.

160. 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.

161. This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands.

162. You know, in college, I smoked a little pot, did a little blow.

163. Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for that matter, my citizenship.

164. We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions.

165. Scripture tells us to run with endurance the race that is set before us. As we do, may God hold close those who have been taken from us too soon.

166. Iran won’t pursue nuclear weapons because ‘it’s contrary to their faith.’

167. It is time to leave behind the divisive battles of the past. It is time to move forward as one nation.

168. What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It’s hard to empathize with people who have different values than you.

169. We are defined not by our borders but by our bonds.

170. Maybe you could be a great writer – maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper – but you might not know it until you write that English paper – that English class paper that’s assigned to you.

171. Instead of giving in to cynicism and division, let’s move forward with the confidence and optimism and unity that define us as a people.

172. I mean, if you think about – if you think about it, UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? No, they are. It’s the Post Office that’s always having problems.

173. Someday, our children, and our children’s children, will look at us in the eye and they’ll ask us, did we do all that we could when we had the chance to deal with this problem and leave them a cleaner, safer, more stable world?

174. 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.

175. 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.

176. Part of America’s genius has always been its ability to absorb newcomers, to forge a national identity out of the disparate lot that arrived on our shores.

177. Even when folks are hitting you over the head, you can’t stop marching. Even when they’re turning the hoses on you, you can’t stop.

178. Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself. The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it is no longer needed.

179. Islam is not part of the problem in combating violent extremism – it is an important part of promoting peace.

180. Because this is a country where everyone deserves the same freedom and opportunities to fulfill their dreams.

181. Good afternoon, everybody-ugh, Jesus, gimme a sec.

182. Our resources may be finite, but our will is infinite, and I am confident that if we come together and summon that great American spirit once again, we will meet the challenges of our time and write the next great chapter in our American story.

183. Sometimes slow, steady effort is rewarded with justice that arrives like a thunderbolt.

184. There are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there’s an obligation for all of us individually as well as collectively to take responsibility to make those values lived.

185. We cannot meet 21st Century challenges with a 20th Century bureaucracy.

186. I am the eternal optimist. I think that, over time, people respond to civility and – and rational argument.

187. That’s the good thing about being President – I can do whatever I want.

188. Whatever we once were, we are no longer a Christian nation.

189. Let us join together across denominations, religions and cultures to make a habit of empathy and reach out to those most in need. To share the blessings we enjoy and to advance the cause of peace in all corners of our world.

190. If we aren’t willing to pay a price for our values, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all.

191. When all Americans are treated as equal, we are all more free.

192. I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law.

193. Become a teacher. Your country needs you.

194. Their foreign policy is so disjointed, confusing, and chaotic that, really, people need to reexamine those who want to be involved in every war.

195. I am very proud of the fact I do not cheat when I’m playing golf.

196. Black children, white children, Latino children. America is becoming more diverse, it’s becoming more tolerant as a consequence there’s more interactions between groups. There are going be tensions that arise.

197. The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.

198. The War on Drugs has been an utter failure. We need to rethink and decriminalize our marijuana laws.

199. The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works.

200. America’s strong bonds with Israel are well known – this bond is unbreakable.

201. We will finish the race.

202. I believe in evolution, scientific inquiry, and global warming; I believe in free speech, whether politically correct or politically incorrect, and I am suspicious of using government to impose anybody’s religious beliefs -including my own- on nonbelievers.

203. Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality.

204. My job is to keep my eye on the ball and to stay focused on what can we get done every single day to advance the vision and values that brought me here.

205. We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.

206. Solyndra is a great investment in our future.

207. We honor those who walked so we could run. We must run so our children soar. And we will not grow weary.

208. We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children who are advantaged aren’t getting more favorable treatment than a poor white kid who has struggled more.

209. Let’s face it, Fox News, you’ll miss me when I’m gone. It’ll be harder to convince the public that Hillary Clinton was born in Kenya.

210. That is the true genius of America-a faith in simple dreams, an insistence on small miracles.

211. The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past.

212. Anybody gone into Whole Foods lately and see what they charge for arugula? I mean, they’re charging a lot of money for this stuff.

213. On Easter or Christmas Day, my mother might drag me to church, just as she dragged me to the Buddhist temple, the Chinese New Year celebration, the Shinto shrine, and ancient Hawaiian burial sites.

214. Nowhere is it ordained that history moves in a straight line.

Conclusion

In this article, we have covered some of the top  Barack Obama quotes on Success, Education, Love, Life and Change with their meanings.

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Co-author:  Khushi Shah 

Khushi has just passed her school and is now studying at PDPU. Apart from writing, she likes to sketch and dance. She also has other blogs where she posts proses and poetry.