Hard Quotes by Barack Obama

Democracy is hard work.

— Barack Obama

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

— Barack Obama

If you work hard. And are responsible. You should be rewarded.

— Barack Obama

That is the nature of democracy. It is hard. It is not always inspiring.

— Barack Obama

When your team loses, everybody gets deflated. And it's hard, and it's challenging.

— Barack Obama

Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain. And better is actually harder than…

— Barack Obama

What is the empathy deficit? The inability of people to stand in other folks shoes. It's hard to empathize with people who…

— Barack Obama

I always tell my staff, "Better is good." I'll take better every time, because better is hard.

— Barack Obama

In Texas, we hold very dear to intrusions against our personal liberty. We fight very hard against that.

— Barack Obama

We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them…

— Barack Obama

We are still the America that does the hard things, that does the great things. We're the nation that always dared to…

— Barack Obama

The government can't solve every problem, but an enlightened government can make sure that people can work hard for their dreams and…

— Barack Obama

The pyramids are one of those things that live up to the hype. They're elemental in ways that are hard to describe.

— Barack Obama

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your…

— Barack Obama

I think that Mr. Snowden raised some legitimate concerns. How he did it was something that did not follow the procedures and…

— Barack Obama

My father's voice had nevertheless remained untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval. 'You do not work hard enough, Barry. You must…

— Barack Obama

I don't think that there's a hard-and-fast deadline. . . .What we have said all along is that this is not an…

— Barack Obama

What we have done, I think, is build a model from a lot of hard lessons in Afghanistan and Iraq but in…

— Barack Obama

I will call not just on Israel, but on the Palestinians, on the Arab States, and the international community to join us…

— Barack Obama

Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and…

— Barack Obama

One of the challenges over the last decade is America has done experiments in nation building in places like Iraq and Afghanistan…

— Barack Obama

We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that…

— Barack Obama

I will never forget that the only reason I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it…

— Barack Obama

The Democrats are as concerned about raising our kids and making sure that the values of empathy and hard work and discipline…

— Barack Obama

I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter…

— Barack Obama

Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success…

— Barack Obama

The role of government has never been to plan every detail or dictate every outcome. At its best, government has simply knocked…

— Barack Obama

Number one, it is important that we fix the legal immigration system, because right now we've got a backlog that means years…

— Barack Obama

Part of what's unique about climate change, though, is the nature of some of the opposition to action. It's pretty rare that…

— Barack Obama

There are problems that just end up being really hard and by definition the only problems that come to my desk are…

— Barack Obama

I'm a big football fan, but I have to tell you if I had a son, I'd have to think long and…

— Barack Obama

Nothing is more powerful than the black church experience. A good choir and a good sermon in the black church, it's pretty…

— Barack Obama

The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our…

— Barack Obama

I think that Donald Trump is coming to this office with fewer set hard-and-fast policy prescriptions than a lot of other presidents…

— Barack Obama

Health care got done because there were a lot of people out there who aren't professional politicians, but are citizens, who pushed…

— Barack Obama

Congress is hard to deal with, dealing with, you know, multiple parliaments and commissions and unions and this and that and the…

— Barack Obama

Nobody said democracies supposed to be easy. It's hard. And in a big country like America, it probably should be hard.

— Barack Obama

The things that led me to run for office - trying to figure out how we create an economy where everybody's got…

— Barack Obama

What I believe unites the people of this nation, regardless of race or region or party, young or old, rich or poor,…

— Barack Obama

Each side has legitimate aspirations - and that's part of what makes peace so hard. And the deadlock will only be broken…

— Barack Obama