BARACK OBAMA

"You can’t let your failures define you. You have to let your failures teach you."

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

"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. And it will leave you unfulfilled."

"To be black was to be the beneficiary of a great inheritance, a special destiny, glorious burdens that only we were strong enough to bear."

"The future must not belong to those who bully women. It must be shaped by girls who go to school and those who stand for a world where our daughters can live their dreams just like our sons."

"When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act."

"A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me."

"A child's course in life should be determined not by the zip code she's born in, but by the strength of her work ethic and the scope of her dreams."

"We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it."

"It's not just enough to change the players. We've gotta change the game."

"We are the change we have been waiting for."

"I think a basic principle of our Constitution is nobody above the law"

"A nation ringed by walls will only imprison itself."

"Each of us deserves the freedom to pursue our own version of happiness. No one deserves to be bullied."

"It should be the power of our vote, not the size of our bank accounts, that drives our democracy."

"No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together."

"Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential."

"You might be locked in a world not of your own making, her eyes said, but you still have a claim on how it is shaped. You still have responsibilities."

"Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world."

"Don't shortchange the future, because of fear in the present."

"A nation that can't control its energy sources can't control its future."

"Love and hope can conquer hate."