Quotes about Courage
It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break; the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job which sees us through our darkest hours. It is the firefighter's courage to storm a stairway filled with smoke, but also a parent's willingness to nurture a child, that finally decides our fate.
— Barack Obama
Whatever you do won't be enough, I heard their voices say. Try anyway.
— Barack Obama
We are a people of improbable hope.
— Barack Obama
When I was a kid I inhaled frequently. That was the point.
— Barack Obama
As she spoke, her voice never wavered; it was the voice of someone who has forced a larger meaning out of tragedy. Or
— Barack Obama
And I say to you today that we need more folks in this country who are a good crazy….You can't tell what will happen when you get folks with some good crazy…going to the polls to vote!
— Barack Obama
The audacity of hope! I still remember my grandmother, singing in the house, 'There's a bright side somewhere ââ'¬Ã‚¦ don't rest till you find it ââ'¬Ã‚¦.'" "That's right!" "The audacity of hope!
— Barack Obama
The trick is not caring that it hurts.
— Barack Obama
But know this America: we will meet them
— Barack Obama
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.
— Barack Obama
Sometimes you were just screwed, and the best you could do was have a stiff drink—and light up a cigarette.
— Barack Obama
We did not come here to fear the future. We came here to shape it.
— Barack Obama