Barack Obama Quotes

Life is very short... but I would like to live four times and if I could, I would set out to do no other things than I am seeking now to do.

There is nothing wrong with making money, but that's not particularly inspiring.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

You must have goals in your life, or otherwise be prepared to be used by those who do have them.

Every healthy person must have a goal in life and that life must have content.

I do not know if I really am a big star. And in fact that is not the most important thing for me. What counts in life is to bring about more of your own dreams. In such a way that your life becomes like a fairy tale. This is what has happened to me, it is just like that.

I gradually stopped wondering, ‘What life do I have?' and began to consider, ‘What life can I build?

The reason or motivation you have for making money or creating success is vital.

I want to make my life, not just my job, the best it can be. The rest will work itself out.

The tragedy of this life is not failure, but low aim.

I knew where I wanted to go, what kind of player I wanted to become and I focused on getting there.

The reason I've been able to be so financially successful is my focus has never, ever for one minute been money.

Why do I have three Super Bowl rings and still think there's something greater out there for me? I mean, maybe a lot of people would say, 'Hey man, this is what is.' I reached my goal, my dream, my life. I think, 'God, it's got to be more than this.' I mean this isn't, this can't be what it's all cracked up to be. I love playing football and I love being quarterback for this team. But at the same time, I think there are a lot of other parts about me that I'm trying to find.

I don't know if I was ever looking for this kind of success- it came along as a by-product of concentrating on what I was doing.

I have a supermarket full of ideas and the challenge is how many ideas can I get in my cart before I'm gone. When you're doing it, you're not focused on success. It's not a matter of modesty. You're simply trying to get all the things done that you want to get done in your life.

A simple problem of arithmetic: there are far more ambitions than there are grand destinies available.

You must have dreams and goals if you are ever going to achieve anything in this world.

It is remarkable that there are few men so well employed, so much to their minds, but that a little money or fame would commonly buy them off from their present pursuit.

I had something to do, which most kids really need. Something they can look forward to - a goal, a purpose to work towards. Something to achieve. Keeps them out of trouble.

You can determine what your future holds based on how much time and energy you spend working on yourself now. Find out what it is you want, and go after it as if your life depends on it. Why? Because it does.

Oh, it's delightful to have ambitions. I'm so glad I have such a lot. And there never seems to be any end to them-- that's the best of it. Just as soon as you attain to one ambition you see another one glittering higher up still. It does make life so interesting.

Most people didn't pursue their passions simply because of the promise of a paycheck. They pursued them because they couldn't imagine doing anything else with their lives.

First tell yourself what you want to be, then do what you need to do.

Pursue whatever it is that you want to do with your life. It is the only secret to happiness that I know except for maybe true love, that and maybe having the amazing health insurance plan that our congressmen have.

Anything that is within someone else's reach is also within yours. Set your goals no matter how impossible they may seem. Then focus on what is between you and that goal. And then, simply take out the obstacles as they come.