Barack Obama Quotes about Hard Work

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

Keep exploring. Keep dreaming. Keep asking why. Don’t settle for what you already know. Never stop believing in the power of your ideas, your imagination, your hard work to change the world.

Barack Obama

Dream, Believe, Hard Work

"Obama To Young Scientists: ‘Keep Asking Why’" by Sara Bondioli, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 23, 2015.

Mothers are the rocks of our families and a foundation in our communities. In gratitude for their generous love, patient counsel, and lifelong support, let us pay respect to the women who carry out the hard work of motherhood with skill and grace, and let us remember those mothers who, though no longer with us, inspire us still.

Barack Obama

Mother, Gratitude, Hard Work

If you work hard. And are responsible. You should be rewarded.

Barack Obama

Hard Work, Responsible, Should

When people are judged by merit, not connections, then the best and brightest can lead the country, people will work hard, and the entire economy will grow - everyone will benefit and more resources will be available for all, not just select groups.

Barack Obama

Country, Hard Work, People

Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

The things that led me to run for office - trying to figure out how we create an economy where everybody's got a fair shot and if you work hard, you can achieve your dreams.

Barack Obama

Running, Dream, Hard Work

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It is that promise that has always set this country apart-that through hard work and sacrifice, each of us can pursue our individual dreams but still come together as one American family, to ensure that the next generation can pursue their dreams as well.

Barack Obama

Dream, Country, Hard Work

FaceBook post by Barack Obama from Mar 01, 2012

I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or who you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it here in America if you're willing to try.

Barack Obama

Believe, Hard Work, Native American

Second Presidential Election Victory Speech, delivered 7 November 2012, McCormick Place Chicago, Illinois

John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.

Barack Obama

Believe, Hard Work, America

2004 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 27 July 2004, Fleet Center, Boston

My father's voice had nevertheless remained untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval. 'You do not work hard enough, Barry. You must help in your people's struggle. Wake up, black man!

Barack Obama

Father, Struggle, Hard Work

Barack Obama (2007). “Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance”, p.220, Broadway Books

Ultimately, peace is just not about politics. It's about attitudes; about a sense of empathy; about breaking down the divisions that we create for ourselves in our own minds and our own hearts that don't exist in any objective reality, but that we carry with us generation after generation. And I know, because America, we, too, have had to work hard over the decades, slowly, gradually, sometimes painfully, in fits and starts, to keep perfecting our union.

Barack Obama

Attitude, Hard Work, Heart

Remarks by President Obama and Mrs. Obama in Town Hall with Youth of Northern Ireland, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. June 17, 2013.

We are going through historic times, and my vision is a world, first of all, in which America continues to be that one indispensable nation. Because we're taking care of our own people, because our economy is strong and our middle class is growing, and people feel like hard work is rewarded, and we are continuing to expand opportunity and diversity and tolerance and respect.

Barack Obama

Strong, Hard Work, Opportunity

Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It took a lot of really hard work for us to make significant policy changes, even in our first two years, when we had larger majorities than Mr. Trump will enjoy when he comes into office.

Barack Obama

Hard Work, Government, Years

"President Barack Obama Holds a News Conference". ye.usembassy.gov. November 14, 2016.

The violence engulfing the region today has made too many Israelis ready to abandon the hard work of peace. But let’s be clear: the status quo in the West Bank and Gaza is not sustainable.

Barack Obama

Hard Work, Reflection, Israel

Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by President Barack Obama, Address to the United Nations General Assembly, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov. September 24, 2014.

We've got some fundamental choices to make about the kind of country we want to be. Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well, or are we going to build an economy where everyone who works hard has a chance to get ahead?

Barack Obama

Country, Hard Work, Choices

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America's not just [about] looking out for yourself, it's not just about greed, it's not just about trying to climb to the very top and keep everybody else down. ... Hard work, that's a value. Looking out for one another, that's a value. The idea that we're all in it together and [that] I'm my brother's keeper and [my] sister's keeper, that's a value.

Barack Obama

Brother, Hard Work, America

The government can't solve every problem, but an enlightened government can make sure that people can work hard for their dreams and achieve them.

Barack Obama

Dream, Hard Work, Government

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. These things are true. They have been the quiet force of progress throughout our history. What is demanded, then, is a return to these truths.

Barack Obama

Loyalty, Honesty, Hard Work

First Presidential Inaugural Address, Delivered 20 January 2009

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.

Barack Obama

Hard Work, Responsibility, Yes We Can

President-Elect Victory Speech, delivered 4 November 2008, Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois

The true test of the American ideal is whether we're able to recognize our failings and then rise together to meet the challenges of our time. Whether we allow ourselves to be shaped by events and history, or whether we act to shape them. Whether chance of birth or circumstance decides life's big winners and losers, or whether we build a community where, at the very least, everyone has a chance to work hard, get ahead, and reach their dreams.

Barack Obama

Dream, Humility, Hard Work

Commencement Address at Knox College, delivered 4 June 2005, Galesburg, Illinois

I hoped for something else. It's a simple dream, but it speaks to us so powerfully because it is our dream - one that exists at the very center of the American experience. One that says if you're willing to work hard and take responsibility, then you'll have the chance to reach for something else; for something better.

Barack Obama

Inspiring, Dream, Hard Work

Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

Entrepreneurs embody the promise of America: the idea that if you have a good idea and are willing to work hard and see it through, you can succeed in this country. And in fulfilling this promise, entrepreneurs also play a critical role in expanding our economy and creating jobs.

Barack Obama

Country, Jobs, Hard Work

In five days, you can turn the page on policies that put greed and irresponsibility on Wall Street before the hard work and sacrifice of folks on Main Street. In five days, you can choose policies that invest in our middle class, and create new jobs, and grow this economy, so that everyone has a chance to succeed, not just the CEO, but the secretary and janitor, not just the factory owner, but the men and women on the factory floor.

Barack Obama

Jobs, Wall, Hard Work

Democracy is hard work.

Barack Obama

Hard Work, Democracy, Hard

Source: time.com

The good news is I think there are a lot of young people certainly who were involved in my campaigns, and I think continue to be involved in work not just politically, but through nonprofits and other organizations, that can carry this hard work of democracy forward.

Barack Obama

Hard Work, Thinking, Organization

Source: time.com

What we have to do is make sure that here in America, if you work hard, you can get ahead. If you worked hard, not only did you have a good job, but you also had decent benefits, decent health care. We've got to make sure that we're doing everything we can to expand the middle class and people who are working hard can get into the middle class.

Barack Obama

Jobs, Hard Work, Class

Source: www.foxnews.com