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Purpose Quotes by Barack Obama
- Foreign Assistance is not an end in itself. The purpose of aid must be to create the conditions where it is no longer needed.
- On this day, we gather because we have chosen hope over fear, unity of purpose over conflict and discord.
- I didn't become a Christian until many years later, when I moved to the South Side of Chicago after college. It happened not because of…
- There are some who question the scale of our ambitions, who suggest that our system cannot tolerate too many big plans. Their memories are short,…
- Let us each of us now embrace with solemn duty, and awesome joy, what is our lasting birthright. With common effort and common purpose, with…
- [...] we must start by inspiring our children with a sense of purpose...by nurturing their imagination so that they may dream big and then work…
- The strongest democracies flourish from frequent and lively debate, but they endure when people of every background and belief find a way to set aside…
- Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled.
- We're up against the conventional thinking that says your ability to lead as president comes from longevity in Washington or proximity to the White House.…
- With common effort and common purpose, with passion and dedication, let us answer the call of history.
- While the means will change, our purpose endures: a nation that rewards the effort and determination of every single American.
More Purpose Quotes
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and… — Aristotle
- The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and… — Chester A. Arthur
- We must have a theme, a goal, a purpose in our lives. If you don't know where you're aiming, you don't have… — Mary Kay Ash
- Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing… — Chinua Achebe
- The purpose of all wars, is peace. — Saint Augustine
- There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge,… — Charles Babbage
- I think it's important that people know what raising the debt ceiling is. It's Congress giving permission to the federal government to… — Michele Bachmann
- Listen, I think movies serve many different purposes, from those movies that are frivolous and just an entertainment, to movies that just… — Antonio Banderas
- The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where… — Henry Adams
- What is the purpose of the giant sequoia tree? The purpose of the giant sequoia tree is to provide shade for the… — Edward Abbey
- I am not the only person who uses his computer mainly for the purpose of diddling with his computer. — Dave Barry