1,050 Quotes by Barack Obama

Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.

My job is to keep my eye on the ball and to stay focused on what can we get done every single day to advance the vision and values that brought me here.

Maybe you could be a great writer – maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper – but you might not know it until you write that English paper – that English class paper that’s assigned to you.

It’s very rare that I come to an event where I’m like the fifth- or sixth-most interesting person.

Democracy cannot be imposed on any nation from the outside. Each society must search for its own path, and no path is perfect.

No one in America should ever be afraid to walk down the street holding the hand of the person they love.

I think perhaps education doesn’t do us much good unless it is mixed with sweat.

We’ve come to be consumed by a 24-hour, slash-and-burn, negative ad, bickering, small-minded politics that doesn’t move us forward.

I face the world as it is and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake, evil does exist in the world.