Barack Obama

“There is no excuse for not trying.”

“A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.”

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

“You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig.”

“We will outstretch the hand if you unclench your fist.”

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

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

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

“You can't let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you.”

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

“Enthusiasm makes up for a host of deficiencies.”

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

“Change is never easy, but always possible.”

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

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

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time.”

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