Barack Obama Quotes: Wisdom from the 44th US President

Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.

You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.

Change is never easy, but always possible.

Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it.

We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist.

Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something.

Enthusiasm makes up for a host of deficiencies.

There is no excuse for not trying.

We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.

Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.

Each path to knowledge involves different rules and these rules are not interchangeable.

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

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

If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.

Learning to stand in somebody else's shoes, to see through their eyes, that's how peace begins. And it's up to you to make that happen.

Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.