--- title: "13 Achievement Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "13 Achievement quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Achievement sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/barack-obama-17_achievement_this-is-an-extraordinary-achievement-nea_3120907.jpg" --- > [This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/this-is-an-extraordinary-achievement-nearly-nine-years-in-the-making/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f38/barack-obama-17_achievement_this-is-an-extraordinary-achievement-nea_3120907.jpg) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/no-matter-how-much-you-ve-done-or-how-successful-you-ve-been-there-s/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a44/barack-obama-17_achieve_no-matter-how-much-you-ve-done-or-how-su_1424226.jpg) > [E.U. need to be nurtured and cultivated and protected and fought for because the achievements that we've seen on this continent, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/e-u-need-to-be-nurtured-and-cultivated-and-protected-and-fought-for/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/346/barack-obama-17_achievement_e-u-need-to-be-nurtured-and-cultivated-a_1501647.jpg) > [ Look at Chancellor \[Angela\] Merkel, her personal story helps to tell a story of incredible achievement that the German people have embarked… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/look-at-chancellor-angela-merkel-her-personal-story-helps-to-tell-a/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eaa/barack-obama-17_achievement_look-at-chancellor-angela-merkel-her-per_828590.jpg) > [America is an unlikely place - a country built on defiance of the odds; on a belief in the impossible. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/america-is-an-unlikely-place-a-country-built-on-defiance-of-the-odds/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95f/barack-obama-17_achievement_america-is-an-unlikely-place-a-country-b_2786845.jpg) > [I continue to believe when I said in Hanover, that the E.U. remains one of the world's great political and economic achievements,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-continue-to-believe-when-i-said-in-hanover-that-the-e-u-remains-one/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f7/barack-obama-17_achievement_i-continue-to-believe-when-i-said-in-han_250084.jpg) > [If you want to get at African American poverty, the income gap, wealth gap, achievement gap, that the most important thing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-you-want-to-get-at-african-american-poverty-the-income-gap-wealth/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b8/barack-obama-17_achievement_if-you-want-to-get-at-african-american-p_164728.jpg) > [The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-elevation-of-appearance-over-substance-of-celebrity-over/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c99/barack-obama-17_achievement_the-elevation-of-appearance-over-substan_1619968.jpg) > [We must carry forward the work of the women who came before us and ensure out daughters have no limits on their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-must-carry-forward-the-work-of-the-women-who-came-before-us-and/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/488/barack-obama-17_achievement_we-must-carry-forward-the-work-of-the-wo_430127.jpg) > [In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/in-recent-years-we-ve-become-enamored-with-our-own-past-success/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14c/barack-obama-17_accustomed_in-recent-years-we-ve-become-enamored-wi_2504164.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-re-leaving-behind-a-sovereign-stable-and-self-reliant-iraq-with-a/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c63/barack-obama-17_achievement_we-re-leaving-behind-a-sovereign-stable_185095.jpg) > [That's what building a body of work is all about. It's about the daily labor, the many individual acts, the choices large…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/that-s-what-building-a-body-of-work-is-all-about-it-s-about-the-daily/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/barack-obama-17_achievement_that-s-what-building-a-body-of-work-is-a_1605066.jpg) > [To me the question right now is: How do I close that first three-quarters of the achievement gap, education gap, wealth gap?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/to-me-the-question-right-now-is-how-do-i-close-that-first-three/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/barack-obama-17_achievement_to-me-the-question-right-now-is-how-do-i_885032.jpg) ## Other authors on Achievement - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-abhijit-naskar-99.jpg) Abhijit Naskar 43 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/abhijit-naskar/) - 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How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/that-is-another-theme-in-the-book-dreams-from-my-father-how-do-we/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-can-say-across-europe-that-many-principles-that-have-been-taken-for/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/so-americans-understand-the-costs-of-war-yet-as-a-country-we-will/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-want-to-thank-the-greek-people-publicly-for-their-humanitarian/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-had-a-farewell-dinner-for-some-of-my-senior-staff-and-generally/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [ It's good to get fresh legs in \[the White house\]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/it-s-good-to-get-fresh-legs-in-the-white-house-i-think-that-it/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/believe-it-or-not-entertainment-is-part-of-our-american-diplomacy-it/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "13 Achievement Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "This is an extraordinary achievement, nearly nine years in the making.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barack Obama" }, "url": 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