1,050 Quotes by Barack Obama

The most important thing you need to do [in this job] is to have big chunks of time during the day when all you’re doing is thinking.

How does the saying go? When two locusts fight, it is always the crow that feasts.'Is that a Luo expression?' I asked. Sayid's face broke into a bashful smile. We have a similar expression in Luo,' he said, 'but actually I must admit that I read this particular expression in a book by Chinua Achebe. The Nigerian writer. I like his books very much. He speaks the truth about Africa's predicament. the Nigerian, the Kenya - it is the same. We share more than divides us.

To all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.

More than anything, it is that sense - that despite great differences in wealth, we rise and fall together - that we can't afford to lose.

it’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds.

But you see, a rich country like America can perhaps afford to be stupid.

So, let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look over not only ourselves, but each other.

‎Teachers matter. So instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the best ones. In return, grant schools flexibility: To teach with creativity and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just aren’t helping kids learn.

She’s happy now she’s met someone. And I have my work.” “Is that enough?” “Sometimes.