Barack Obama Quotes
Barack Obama Quotes
Barack Obama quotes never fail to inspire. He truly has a way with words. Use these quotes to motivate you to achieve the life of victory that you deserve.
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| Barack Obama Quotes |
People always seem to have something negative to say about President Barack Obama. Considering the President’s current approval rating, this will be one of the few positive articles written about him in the past month. Let’s start with a vintage speech from President Obama’s Harvard vault:
Early Activism
Barack Obama was defending Professor Derrick Bell. Bell protested Harvard’s failure to offer
tenure to African American women as law school professors. Those that experienced President Obama's speech most likely
reacted with comments similar to the following: "He has a bright future!" or even "He may be our President one day!” Whether you agree with Obama’s stance or not,
it is clear that the President was destined for success! After watching the
video, I immediately thought of Malcolm Gladwell’s book Outliers.
Outliers
According the Malcolm Gladwell, success is not about a
person’s innate ability instead, the following factors can be used to make a Victory Inquiry:
- Opportunity
- Meaningful hard work (10,000 hours)
- Cultural legacy
Opportunity
An opportunity is defined as a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something. Obama’s grandparents pulled strings to get him into the Punahou School. The school educates the elite of Oahu and Obama was able to attend thanks to a scholarship. The Punahou School has a rich history and a long-list of notable alumni. President Obama's grandparents presented him with an opportunity to attend an excellent school and Obama took full advantage of it.
An opportunity is defined as a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something. Obama’s grandparents pulled strings to get him into the Punahou School. The school educates the elite of Oahu and Obama was able to attend thanks to a scholarship. The Punahou School has a rich history and a long-list of notable alumni. President Obama's grandparents presented him with an opportunity to attend an excellent school and Obama took full advantage of it.
Meaningful hard work
It certainly takes hard work to become America's highest ranking black elected official in the country. Obama’s hard work led him to Harvard Law where he became the
first African American president of the law review. The Harvard Law Review is generally considered the most prestigious in the country. In 1990, Barack Obama became the president of the Review. Prior to attending Harvard's School of Law, Obama led a community development program for poor blacks in Chicago.
Cultural legacy
President Obama's late father, Barack Obama, Sr., was a finance minister in Kenya and his mother, Ann Dunham, worked as an American anthropologist and she also did fieldwork in Indonesia. According to The Miller Center, from age six through ten, Obama lived with his mother and stepfather in Indonesia, where he attended Catholic and Muslim schools. "I was raised as an Indonesian child and a Hawaiian child and as a black child and as a white child," Obama later recalled. "And what I benefitted from is a multiplicity of cultures that all fed me."
The Punahou School
Graduates from the Punahou School include politicians,
celebrities, famous athletes, etc. Some
of the institution’s notable alumni include:
- Kelly Preston – Actress and model
- Charles Veach – NASA astronaut
- Steve Case – former Chief Executive
- Pierre Omidyar – eBay founder
The Washington Post
ranked the Punahou School 632 out of 1,915 schools nationwide. The rating system used reveals the level of a
high school’s commitment to preparing average students for college. The Punahou School was rated the highest
among Hawaii schools.
Victory Inquiry
Barack Obama’s upbringing allowed him to experience the best
of both worlds: He was motivated by the fact that his father left him at an
early age and his mother sent him away to live with his grandparents yet he gained
admirable values and a superior education from the Punahou School. Many students that come from wealthy families
are not motivated to work hard in school because their families are already
successful. Some of Obama’s former
Punahou classmates were probably fully aware of the amount of money that they
would inherit. This causes them to
become lazy and make poor decisions. President
Obama did not have to deal with this issue.
Instead he took advantage of his opportunities, which has led to
numerous victories.
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