BARACK OBAMA

"It is moments like these that force us to try harder, and dig deeper, and to discover gifts we never knew we had - to find the greatness that lies within each of us."

"While we breathe, we will hope."

"What makes you a man is not the ability to make a child, it's the courage to raise one."

"Yes We Can!"

"No, you can't deny women their basic rights and pretend it's about your 'religious freedom'. If you don't like birth control, don't use it. Religious freedom doesn't mean you can force others to live by your own beliefs."

"Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail."

"Cynicism is a sorry kind of wisdom."

"One of the best investments we can make in a child’s life is high-quality early education."

"I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers."

"Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law."

"One thing I don't like is when you disrespect the law."

"The opportunity will not remain open indefinitely."

"Where there is no experience the wise man is silent."

"I wouldn't be the man I am today without the woman who agreed to marry me 20 years ago"

"For we know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness."

"When times get tough, we don't give up. We get up."

"Greatness is never free; it must be earned."

"The best anti-poverty program is a world-class education."

"Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency."

"You can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig."

"Let us remember that we can do these things not just because of wealth or power, but because of who we are: one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."

"Of all the rocks upon which we build our lives, we are reminded today that family is the most important."

"Reading is important. If you know how to read then the whole world opens up to you"

"In a global economy where the most valuable skill you can sell is your knowledge, a good education is no longer just a pathway to opportunity - it is a prerequisite."

"The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope."

"I think, as you get older, that's when your ambitions become "peculiar"."

"The real test is not whether you avoid failure, because you won't. It's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it."

"We don't ask you to believe in our ability to bring change, rather, we ask you to believe in yours."

"If you’re walking down the right path and you’re willing to keep walking, eventually you’ll make progress."

"When ignorant folks want to advertise their ignorance, you don't really have to do anything, you just let them talk."

"Together we resolve that a great nation must care for the vulnerable and protect its people from life's worst hazards and misfortune."

"There is no excuse for not trying."

"Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security."

"Our destiny is not written for us, but by us."

"The sweetest sound I know is the Muslim call to prayer."

"The best judge of whether or not a country is going to develop is how it treats its women"

"Where you are right now doesn't have to determine where you'll end up."

"The worst thing that colonialism did was to cloud our view of our past."

"Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror."

"The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create."

"If you've got a business, you didn't build that."

"In the face of impossible odds, people who love this country can change it."

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."

"Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense."

"Our stories may be singular, but our destination is shared."

"You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth."