Achievement Quotes by Barack Obama

13 Achievement quotes by Barack Obama

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Barack Obama’s words often balance hope with hard work. These thirteen excerpts highlight his take on what it means to achieve, providing a thoughtful, down‑to‑earth perspective.

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This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making.

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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.

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I continue to believe when I said in Hanover, that the E.U. remains one of the world's great political and economic achievements,…

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If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is…

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We must carry forward the work of the women who came before us and ensure out daughters have no limits on their…

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The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition.…

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E.U. need to be nurtured and cultivated and protected and fought for because the achievements that we've seen on this continent, in…

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Look at Chancellor [Angela] Merkel, her personal story helps to tell a story of incredible achievement that the German people have embarked…

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America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I…

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To me the question right now is: How do I close that first three-quarters of the achievement gap, education gap, wealth gap?…

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In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've…

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That's what building a body of work is all about. It's about the daily labor, the many individual acts, the choices large…

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We're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a…

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Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.

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All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.…

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The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found.

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That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we…

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I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…

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So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when…

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I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…

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We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.

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It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy.

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Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us…

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