--- title: "7 Becoming Quotes By Barack Obama" description: "7 Becoming quotes by Barack Obama. Plus more from Barack Obama and more Becoming sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/barack-obama-17_achieve_those-opportunity-gaps-begin-early-often_161383.jpg" --- > [Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth. And they compound over time, becoming harder and harder to bridge, making too many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/those-opportunity-gaps-begin-early-often-at-birth-and-they-compound/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/barack-obama-17_achieve_those-opportunity-gaps-begin-early-often_161383.jpg) > [Black children, white children, Latino children. America is becoming more diverse, it's becoming more tolerant as a consequence there's more interactions between…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/black-children-white-children-latino-children-america-is-becoming/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f03/barack-obama-17_america_black-children-white-children-latino-chi_512910.jpg) > [The bottom line is that it's hard to find a model in which you can practically administer and sustain political support for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-bottom-line-is-that-it-s-hard-to-find-a-model-in-which-you-can/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/70b/barack-obama-17_america_the-bottom-line-is-that-it-s-hard-to-fin_853363.jpg) > [I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids. And she worked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/i-was-raised-by-a-single-mom-who-had-to-put-herself-through-school/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e8a/barack-obama-17_becoming_i-was-raised-by-a-single-mom-who-had-to_1093434.jpg) > [We are willing to uphold principles that have resulted in unprecedented prosperity and security throughout Europe and around the world. With the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/we-are-willing-to-uphold-principles-that-have-resulted-in/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/barack-obama-17_angela_we-are-willing-to-uphold-principles-that_1485801.jpg) > [If we're going to prevent large parts of this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, we're going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/if-we-re-going-to-prevent-large-parts-of-this-earth-from-becoming-not/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa3/barack-obama-17_becoming_if-we-re-going-to-prevent-large-parts-of_1509807.jpg) > [There's nobody to guide through the process of becoming a man... to explain to them the meaning of manhood. And that's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/there-s-nobody-to-guide-through-the-process-of-becoming-a-man-to/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f3/barack-obama-17_becoming_there-s-nobody-to-guide-through-the-proc_2366596.jpg) ## Other authors on Becoming ## More by Barack Obama > [So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/so-here-s-what-i-want-you-to-know-and-here-s-what-i-want-all-our-men/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-peaceful-transition-of-power-is-one-of-the-hallmarks-of-our/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/as-opposed-to-getting-into-arguments-about-well-these-folks-have-been/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/donald-trump-is-temperamentally-unfit/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/what-we-ve-said-to-the-girls-is-if-you-guys-ever-decide-that-you-re/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/nobody-is-listening-to-your-telephone-calls/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/all-of-us-take-offense-to-anyone-who-reaps-the-rewards-of-living-in/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/the-world-is-complicated-and-full-of-grays-but-there-s-still-truth/) [Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/) > [ That is another theme in the book \[Dreams from My Father\]. 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/becoming/barack-obama/#itemlist", "name": "7 Becoming Quotes By Barack Obama", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Those opportunity gaps begin early, often at birth. 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