Inspiring Quotes by Barack Obama

If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don't run you've already lost.

— Barack Obama

We reaffirm that on days like this, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans, united in concern for our fellow…

— Barack Obama

These people are a part of me. And they are a part of America, this country that I love.

— Barack Obama

If we hope to give our children a chance, it's time we start giving our teachers a chance.

— Barack Obama

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

— Barack Obama

The greatest danger of all is to allow new walls to divide us from one another

— Barack Obama

Just as black anger often proved counterproductive, so have these white resentments distracted attention from the real culprits of the middle class…

— Barack Obama

His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is…

— Barack Obama

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

— Barack Obama

But today, just a few years into the twenty-first century, we already find ourselves in a different and precarious position. As revolutions…

— Barack Obama

But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now. We would be making the same…

— Barack Obama

My second piece of advice is to stay global. As the world continues to change and we become more connected to each…

— Barack Obama

We may have different backgrounds, but we believe in the same dream that says this is a country where anything's possible. No…

— Barack Obama

And if we walk away now, if we simply retreat into our respective corners, we will never be able to come together…

— Barack Obama

For we have a choice in this country. We can accept a politics that breeds division, and conflict, and cynicism. We can…

— Barack Obama

The incredible story of progress that is America has always been built by those who ask why, what if, and why not.…

— Barack Obama

If we truly believe in our public schools, then we have a moral responsibility to do better - to break the either-or…

— Barack Obama

[...] we must start by inspiring our children with a sense of purpose...by nurturing their imagination so that they may dream big…

— Barack Obama

Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and…

— Barack Obama

For me and Michelle, this visit has therefore held special meaning. Throughout my life, including my work as a young man on…

— 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

We now live in a world where the most valuable skill you can sell is knowledge. Revolutions in technology and communication have…

— Barack Obama

As tough as things have been, I am convinced you are tougher. I've seen your passion and I've seen your service. I've…

— Barack Obama

For in Asia and around the world, India is not simply emerging; India has already emerged. And it is my firm belief…

— Barack Obama

And so you [young Americans]need to be the Idea Generation. The generation who's always thinking on the cutting edge, who's wondering how…

— Barack Obama

We believe that no matter where you live - whether a village in Punjab or the bylanes of Chandni Chowk...an old section…

— Barack Obama

I hoped for something else. It's a simple dream, but it speaks to us so powerfully because it is our dream -…

— Barack Obama

The walls between old allies on either side of the Atlantic cannot stand. The walls between the countries with the most and…

— Barack Obama