BARACK OBAMA and Top 27 Famous Quotes, Sayings
If you only think about yourself - how much money can I make, what can I buy, how nice is my house, what kind of fancy car do I have? - over the long term, I think, you get bored. I think your life becomes diminished. The way to live a full life is to think: What can I do for others?
#Car
#Fancy
#Bored
#About Yourself
What we can do is to live out our lives as best we can with purpose, and love, and joy. We can use each day to show those who are closest to us how much we care about them, and treat others with the kindness and respect that we wish for ourselves. We can learn from our mistakes and grow from our failures. And we can strive at all costs to make a better world.
#Can Do
#Care
#And Love
#Closest
A change is brought about because ordinary people do extraordinary things.
#Ordinary
#Extraordinary
#Ordinary People
#Extraordinary Things
All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort -- a sustained effort -- to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.
#Children
#Commit
#Common
#Brief Moments
When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.
#Responsibility
#Interest
#Powerful
#Stakes
The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer.
#Christianity
#Hussein
#Islam
#Christianity And Islam
Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up.
#Ends
#Determine
#Right Now
#Where You Are
Mothers are the rocks of our families and a foundation in our communities. In gratitude for their generous love, patient counsel, and lifelong support, let us pay respect to the women who carry out the hard work of motherhood with skill and grace, and let us remember those mothers who, though no longer with us, inspire us still.
#Community
#Foundation
#Generous
#Be Respectful