I think, as you get older, that's when your ambitions become "peculiar". — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It betrays a poverty of ambition if all you think about is what goods you can buy instead of what good you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I try never to get too high when things are going well. I try never to get too low when things are… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The elevation of appearance over substance, of celebrity over character, of short term gains over lasting achievement displays a poverty of ambition.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Iraq is sort of a situation where you've got a guy who drove the bus into the ditch. You obviously have to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As I got older, then my particular ambitions started cohering around creating a world in which people of different races or backgrounds… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
America’s possibilities are limitless, for we possess all the qualities that this world without boundaries demands: youth and drive; diversity and openness;… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think that at a certain stage those early ambitions burn away, partly because you achieve something, you get something done, you… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You could analyze me and say that my father leaving and being absent was a motivator for early ambition, trying to prove… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You may want to prove that you're worthy of other kids or neighbors who were wealthier than you and teased you. You… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The peaceful transition of power is one of the hallmarks of our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
![“That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we get the black to see through the eyes of the white? Or the citizen to see through the eyes of the immigrant? Or the straight to see through the eyes of the gay? That has…” quote by Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/00d/barack-obama-17_black_that-is-another-theme-in-the-book-dreams_10185.jpg)
