Barack Obama Quotes

People rescue each other. They build shelters and community kitchens and ways to deal with lost children and eventually rebuild one way or another.

I really want to be a mentor to other Islander kids, because I understand the pressure they are under from their parents.

It is incumbent upon all of us to build communities with the educational opportunities and support systems in place to help our youth become successful adults.

I think that it'd be nice for other Asians to support other Asian artists and help each other instead of pull each other down.

You have always given me more than I gave to you. You were the wings on which I soared.

A group of us started a community center in Santa Monica. We've tried different programs, and three have worked really well. A poetry group. Once a week we visit Venice High and talk to girls at risk.

Instead of making people victims of people who are successful, we should be telling people, 'Look, you are having a hard time, I feel bad for you. Let's look at what you're doing, let's teach you how to succeed. Let's give you the tools to succeed as opposed to turning everybody into victims.

We need to build resilience together, rooted in religion, rooted in schools, rooted in our health care institutions.

Watching dudes come up is one of my biggest joys.

'Option B' draws not just on my story but on the research and stories of many people overcoming all kinds of adversity. No one should have to go through challenges and trauma alone.

You can't just shuffle people around like they're deck chairs on a ship. You have to help them change their lives, and you have to give them the requisite resources to do so.

I realized everything my mom had done for me: Anything we didn't have, she made sure we had.

I know I wouldn't be here, and all of us wouldn't be here, without certain sacrifices and certain stands that people have made -- not just women, but men stepping up and supporting what we do and how we do it.

I always remind my kids that hard work pays off. That's how I got to where I am right now because of sacrifice and the work I put into it.

The medal is not for yourself. It couldn't be done without the support and help of my people, runners, and coaches

Girl Scouts offered a wonderful group of girls where common concerns and interests could come together. We could learn, be challenged, and support one another. It was a very positive aspect of my life and played an important role in shaping who I am today.

For you to be successful, sacrifices must be made. It's better that they are made by others but failing that, you'll have to make them yourself.

If you want to raise a man from mud and filth, do not think it is enough to stay on top and reach a helping hand down to him. You must go all the way down yourself, down into mud and filth. Then take hold of him with strong hands and pull him and yourself out into the light.

We're in a tough place in this world. There are a lot of kids giving up very early. Scripture says it takes a village to raise one child, and that's what these coaches are going to have to go back and understand.

When you've worked hard, and done well, and walked through that doorway of opportunity...you do not slam it shut behind you...you reach back, and you give other folks the same chances that helped you succeed.

Brilliant results don't just show up by chance. The finest things in life take patience, focus and sacrifice.

Sharing experience and building public support for the full range of rights is more powerful than legal cases.

We know that kids who grow up in an environment of warmth and support will thrive and function in whatever environment they find themselves. What we need to do is to do more to help poor kids have such an environment.

The thing I'm proudest of is probably like any sort of work I've done in the LGBTQ space.

I think there has to be the sense that once you have climbed the ladder of success, that you don't push it away from the building.