Quote

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

Barack Obama

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Barack Obama
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: August 4
44Th U.S. President
Community Organizer
Jurist
Lawyer
Podcaster
Political Writer
Politician
Statesperson
Kapiolani Maternity & Gynecological Hospital
Barack Hussein Obama II
Barack Obama II
Barack Hussein Obama
Obama
Barak Obama
Barry Obama
President Obama
President Barack Obama
BHO
Barack
Barack H. Obama
Unless
Perhaps
Education
Doesn
Much
Good
Think
Mixed
Thinking
Sweat

More quotes by Barack Obama

Image
Its [Dreams from My Father] also a reflection about how we might start a better conversation in our democracy about how to solve problems, because it feels as if our political system - it just seems there is so much cynicism and negativity in our politics.
Barack Obama
Image
What is important is that we make sure to work together, that we understand our strength comes from unity and not division.
Barack Obama
Image
Isil poses a threat to the people of Iraq and Syria, and the broader Middle East - including American citizens, personnel and facilities. If left unchecked, these terrorists could pose a growing threat beyond that region, including to the United States.
Barack Obama
Image
We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend. And we honor those ideals by upholding them not when it's easy, but when it is hard.
Barack Obama
Image
We are an American family and we rise and fall together as one nation.
Barack Obama
Image
After my election there was talk of a postracial America. And such a vision, however well intended, was never realistic.
Barack Obama
Image
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether government works.
Barack Obama
Image
One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again.
Barack Obama
Image
I think that the important point is we've got to have a president who understands the benefits of free trade but also is going to enforce unfair trade agreements and is going to stand up to other countries.
Barack Obama
Image
I am who I am. You sort of get what you see with me.
Barack Obama
Image
Think about it: Iran, Cuba, Venezuela - these countries are tiny compared to the Soviet Union. They don't pose a serious threat to us the way the Soviet Union posed a threat to us.
Barack Obama
Image
I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home, we will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank.
Barack Obama
Image
You might slow down a little bit, you might not jump as high as you used to, but I know what I'm doing and I'm fearless.
Barack Obama
Image
Iran is biggest strategic beneficiary of invasion of Iraq.
Barack Obama
Image
When you're out of work and you can't buy a home or you've lost your home and you're worried about paying your bills, then you become more worried about what other folks are doing. And sometimes that organizes itself around kind of a tribal attitude, and issues of race become more prominent.
Barack Obama
Image
If the global economy is unresponsive to people who feel left behind, if inequality continues to grow, then we could end up seeing more and more of these divisions arise throughout advanced economies around the world.
Barack Obama
Image
I don't want to jump the gun, [but] I will tell you, though, that my goal is to have the best possible government.
Barack Obama
Image
I'm not somebody who is always comfortable with language that implies I've got a monopoly on the truth, or that my faith is automatically transferable to others.
Barack Obama
Image
Nobody wants to put the creditworthiness of the United States in jeopardy. Nobody wants to see the United States default. So we've got to seize this moment, and we have to seize it soon.
Barack Obama
Image
There are enormous resources in Greece.
Barack Obama