Failure Quotes by Barack Obama

“If you are living life to its fullest, you will fail.”

— Barack Obama

“Don't let your failures define you.”

— Barack Obama

I face the world as it is and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make…

— Barack Obama

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

— Barack Obama

I think we would have made a lot more mistakes and would have accomplished a lot less had we not been grounded…

— Barack Obama

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

— Barack Obama

Every time we get a piece of economic news, we'll know it could have been better if not for Congress failure to…

— Barack Obama

You cant let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

— Barack Obama

A new tower rises above the New York skyline, al Qaeda is on the path to defeat, and Osama bin Laden is…

— Barack Obama

And above all, children need our unconditional love - whether they succeed or make mistakes; when life is easy and when life…

— Barack Obama

The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into…

— Barack Obama

The Bush Administration's failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our…

— Barack Obama

I know there are problems that I say to myself, If maybe I was a little more gifted I might have been…

— Barack Obama

“I've got daughters. Nine years old and six years old. First of all, I'm gonna teach them about values and morals. But…

— Barack Obama

For the Palestinians, efforts to delegitimize Israel will end in failure. . . Palestinian leaders will not achieve peace or prosperity if…

— Barack Obama

There are times where I've made mistakes or our administration hasn't always aligned ourselves with the values we need to align ourselves…

— Barack Obama

Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will…

— Barack Obama

I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we've struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all…

— Barack Obama

The profound mistake of Reverend Wright's sermons is not that he spoke about racism in our society. It's that he spoke as…

— Barack Obama

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who won't agree with every decision or policy I make as president.…

— Barack Obama

These are young people who made mistakes that aren't that different than the mistakes I made and the mistakes that a lot…

— Barack Obama

I had said from the start that I thought Iraq was a mistake, that we should have stayed focused on Afghanistan. I…

— Barack Obama

Of course, there is no question that Libya - and the world - will be better off with Gaddafi out of power.…

— Barack Obama

Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience,…

— Barack Obama

The true test of the American ideal is whether we're able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the…

— Barack Obama

What we can do is to live out our lives as best we can with purpose, and love, and joy. We can…

— Barack Obama

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.

— Barack Obama

That's Good.!!! If {_My Daughter_} Make A Mistake. I Don't Want Tham Punished With A Baby 'Barack Obama'

— Barack Obama

I made a mistake, Israel should keep all the land it won in battle for its own self defense

— Barack Obama

My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have…

— Barack Obama

My core goal is to dismantle, defeat, destroy al Qaeda and its allies that killed Americans and are still plotting to go…

— Barack Obama

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

— Barack Obama

My experience is that our intelligence officials try to do the right thing, but even with good intentions, sometimes they make mistakes.…

— Barack Obama

I've said many times around the world that like any government, like any country, like, any set of human institutions, we have…

— Barack Obama

[About his marijuana use] I did. It's not something that I'm proud of. It was a mistake as a young man, but…

— Barack Obama

I've got two daughters. 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values…

— Barack Obama

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. America has a…

— Barack Obama

In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world. Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to…

— Barack Obama

The 20th Century was a bloodbath, and for all the frustrations and failures of the project to unify Europe, the last five…

— Barack Obama

I would have I think made a bigger mistake if I had said, "Eh, chemical weapons. That doesn't really change my calculus."…

— Barack Obama