The Best Barack Obama Quotes About Change, Education, and Equality

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Barack Obama has accomplished things that most people can only dream of. Obama is also a bestselling author and philanthropist. Looking for Barack Obama quotes? 

Whether you agree with his politics or not, you have to admire his success story. In that light, we hope you get some new insights through these Barack Obama quotes.

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.” ― Barack Obama 

2). “Yes We Can!” ― Barack Obama 

3). “We are the change we have been waiting for.” ― Barack Obama 

4). “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.” ― Barack Obama 

5). “If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.” ― Barack Obama 

6). “If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for their prescription, who has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer - even if it's not my grandparent. If there's an Arab-American or Mexican-American family being rounded up by John Ashcroft without benefit of an attorney or due process, I know that that threatens my civil liberties. And I don't have to be a woman to be concerned that the Supreme Court is trying to take away a woman's right, because I know that my rights are next. It is that fundamental belief - I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper - that makes this country work.” ― Barack Obama 

7). “We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours.” ― Barack Obama 

8). “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.” ― Barack Obama 

9). “While we breathe, we will hope.” ― Barack Obama 

10). “You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.” ― Barack Obama 

11). “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.” – Barack Obama 

12). “Four years ago, I promised to end the war in Iraq. We did. I promised to refocus on the terrorists who actually attacked us on 9/11. We have. We’ve blunted the Taliban’s momentum in Afghanistan, and in 2014, our longest war will be over. A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is dead.” – Barack Obama 

13). “I think what you’re seeing is a profound recognition on the part of the American people that gays and lesbians and transgender persons are our brothers, our sisters, our children, our cousins, our friends, our co-workers, and that they’ve got to be treated like every other American. And I think that principle will win out.” – Barack Obama 

14). “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.” – Barack Obama 

15). “Today we are engaged in a deadly global struggle for those who would intimidate, torture, and murder people for exercising the most basic freedoms. If we are to win this struggle and spread those freedoms, we must keep our own moral compass pointed in a true direction.” – Barack Obama 

16). “The shift to a cleaner energy economy won’t happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact.” – Barack Obama 

17). “Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.” – Barack Obama 

18). “I’m the president of the United States. I’m not the emperor of the United States.” – Barack Obama 

18). “Change is never easy, but always possible.” – Barack Obama 

19). “You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.” – Barack Obama 

20). “We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.” — Barack Obama 

21). “In the end, that’s what this election is about. Do we participate in a politics of cynicism or a politics of hope?” – Barack Obama 

22). “If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don’t run you’ve already lost.” — Barack Obama 

23). “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.” ― Barack Obama 

24). “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.” — Barack Obama 

25). “We are the change we have been waiting for.” ― Barack Obama 

26). “We don’t turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up.” — Barack Obama 

27). “When times get tough, we don’t give up. We get up.” — Barack Obama 

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