Barack Obama Quotes

It's my impression that I've done every job that I've been asked to do.

I don't see myself being special; I just see myself having more responsibilities than the next man. People look to me to do things for them, to have answers.

You need to fix it, Mr. Dudley, or we will get someone who will.

First off, you always gotta get your work done.

I like to work hard and I like to work for somebody. I like to stay late and clean up the back and show the boss in the morning.

Every day, my daddy told me the same thing. 'Once a task is just begun, never leave it till it's done. Be the labour great or small, do it well or not at all.'

Doing what you want to do is easy. Doing what you have to do is hard.

If anyone thinks he has no responsibilities, it is because he has not sought them out.

My principal at RADA once told me, 'You'll know you're a professional when you don't feel like doing it but you have to do it.'

I will not refuse to do something that I can do.

Our people expect the best of us. They send us to take care of the people's business, and those of us who take hold of that responsibility understand that's what it's really about.

If I'm going to represent God I have to do it the best I can.

I could never let the teacher down. I always worked hard, too scared to get in trouble.

There is no magic wand that can resolve our problems. The solution rests with our work and discipline.

I do not believe in excuses. I believe in hard work as the prime solvent of life's problems.

Sometimes you gotta do things that you don't really want to do. But you don't do them for money.

Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers.

When I have time, I'll be a good girl and do my chores.

I think it's important to do a good job and not to feel that you've got to make grand gestures, but just to get on and deliver.

You have to step up when your number is called.

I use that as my responsibility on the show, to be the pragmatist.

Whatever I've experienced in my life is a part of my story, and I'm proud of that. But it's someone who wakes up early, works all day, believes in charitable work, business-minded, diligent, accountable, problem-solving... I'm so much about school, consistency and tradition.

May the spirit of devotion to duty which inspires us always dominate this Committee's conferences!

It was a job, and I was just doing my job.

There's no getting away from it: you have to clean.