Abraham Lincoln Quotes

Part of what makes America strong is our resilience, tenacity, innovation and our willingness to be optimistic about our future. I know that President Obama is absolutely the best president to lead our country in the right direction.

Obama is the New Generation and the hot light of a dawn that goes way beyond clever talk of morning in America.

The youth is the hope of our future.

Followers need to see how things will get better and what that future might look like. Leaders need to build that foundation of stability, and hope sits on top of that.

On every front there are clear answers out there that can make this country stronger, but we're going to break through the fear and the frustration people are feeling. Our job is to make sure that even as we make progress, that we are also giving people a sense of hope and vision for the future.

I know where I'm going and I have told the French. I am sure if hope is there, we will be able to put France back on its feet... to live better in five years than we do today.

See things not as they are but as they might be.

I have often ... looked at that sun behind the President, without being able to tell whether it was rising or setting. But now, at length, I have the happiness to know that it is a rising sun and not a setting sun.

A lot has happened over the years. And while this nation has been tested by war, and it's been tested by recession and all manner of challenges - I stand before you again tonight, after almost two terms as your president, to tell you I am more optimistic about the future of America than ever before.

The future is in good hands.

This nation is the hope of the Earth.

I don’t know what’s ahead,” I say. “I don’t know nothing about nothing but whatever it is, it’s gotta be better than what’s behind. It’s gotta be.

I believe the only hope for mankind lies in the hands of our young people.

That's why we have memory. And the opposite of memory— hope. So things that are gone can still matter. So we can built off our pasts and make future.

I'm excited about our rising generation.

The only way to lead people is to show them a future: a leader is a dealer in hope.

Salvation lies in an energetic march onward towards a brighter and clearer future.

And since we are people of expectation, we are so convinced that another world is coming that we start living as if it were already here.

I believe America's best days are ahead of us because I believe that the future belongs to freedom, not to fear.

One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

America, this is our moment. This is our time. Our time to turn the page on the policies of the past. Our time to bring new energy and new ideas to the challenges we face. Our time to offer a new direction for the country we love.

The future of civilization depends on our overcoming the meaninglessness and hopelessness which characterize the thoughts and convictions of men today, and reaching a state of fresh hope and fresh determination.

We work day after day, not to finish things; but to make the future better ... because we will spend the rest of our lives there.

The possibility of transformation is the essence of hope.

But you can build a future out of anything. A scrap, a flicker. The desire to go forward, slowly, one foot at a time. You can build an airy city out of ruins.