Barack Obama

Democracy demands that we're all willing to make sacrifices for the common good.

No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin or his background or his religion.

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

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

Words alone wrap nothing in a package. We have to do something.

Our challenges may be new. The instruments with which we meet them may be new. But those values upon which our success depends - honesty and hard work, courage and fair play, tolerance and curiosity, loyalty and patriotism - these things are old.

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

The strength of the United States is not the gold at Fort Knox, but the character of our people.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

One voice can change a room.

Reading is important. If you know how to read, then the whole world opens up to you.

The only people who are afraid of this country are those who don't understand it.

You can tell the character of a person by how they treat those who can do nothing for them.

If there's a job that you want to do, go for it.

The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

We must be the change we wish to see in the world.

Don't just buy a house. Buy a home.

Every single one of us has the potential to change the world.

Leadership is a privilege to better the lives of others.

The time to fix the roof is when the sun is shining.