Barack Obama Quotes

That is your legacy on this Earth when you leave this Earth: how many hearts you touched.

I know the fact that I was born means I have to die, so my only aim is to reach out and help someone along the way.

Love leaves legacy. How you treated other people, not your wealth or accomplishments, is the most enduring impact you can leave on earth.

Perhaps when we face our maker, we will not be asked, 'How many positions did you hold,' but rather, 'How many people did you help?

We only have so much life left. Before I do die, I want to do something good for people.

Developing our sympathetic compassion is not only possible but the only reason for us to be here on earth.

Do what you can to show you care about other people, and you will make our world a better place.

Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance.

My dad would always say, 'What can you do to make the world a better place?' Well, I can make people laugh.

Having felt people's love and support first hand through difficult moments in my life makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another.

To be loved is important as is having a sense of accomplishment but to love is equally important in life especially when it is combined with taking action to do something for someone else to make their life better.

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.

Helping someone is what life is all about.

If we all helped one person, wouldn't the world be an unbelievable place?

Service is what life is all about.

I would like to be remembered as somebody who cared a great deal about people.

You feel alive to the degree that you feel you can help others.

It's a great feeling knowing you've helped someone. That's what I've spent my life doing and my practice.

Blessed is the influence of one true, loving human soul on another.

No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.

If we don't spend our time on this earth looking out for one another, what are we really doing with our lives?

At a pretty young age, I wanted to do something with my life that would help people. I've been that way for quite a while.

They walked back into the world together, wearing the gift that had been given them: just life. Pity was not love, Barbie reflected...but if you were a child, giving clothes to someone who was naked had to be a step in the right direction.

Scatter good will and love and prayers all around, everywhere, and you will be astonished, not only by what it does for other people, but how it comes back to you in generous abundance.