Search
Authors
Tags
Quotes
- Visit Dr. Mardy's iWise Blog
|
World Refugee Day Quotes
.
View
.
View
.
Tweet :
Yes
|
No
View
.
Tweet :
Yes
|
No
CATEGORIES
#
Debt
#
America
#
Politics
#
Politicians and Politics
#
World
#
Books - Reading
#
Death and Dying
#
Story and Story-Telling
#
Adversity
#
Youth
Barack Hussein Obama
: I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American story, that I owe a debt to all of those who came before me, and that in no other country on Earth is my story even possible
# Politics
# Debt
# America
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Barack Hussein Obama quote-I stand here knowing that my story is part of the larger American...
Wisdom feed seeded by this
quote
Be First To
Mrs Humphrey Ward :
"
The first law of story-telling. Every man is bound to leave a story better than he found it.
"
# Politics
# Debt
# America
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Ernest Hemingway :
"
Madame, all stories, if continued far enough, end in death, and he is no true-story teller who would keep that from you.
"
# Politics
# Debt
# America
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Jean De La Bruyere :
"
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.
"
# Politics
# Debt
# America
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Raymond Chandler :
"
A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.
"
# Politics
# Debt
# America
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Walter Benjamin :
"
Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
"
# Politics
# Debt
# America
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
1
tweets
Willa Cather :
"
There are only two or three human stories, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.
"
# Politics
# Debt
# America
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Eric Hoffer :
"
Man is eminently a storyteller. His search for a purpose, a cause, an ideal, a mission and the like is largely a search for a plot and a pattern in the development of his life story -- a story that is basically without meaning or pattern.
"
# Politics
# Debt
# America
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
10
tweets
Barack Hussein Obama :
"
How does America find its way in this new, global economy? What will our place in history be? Like so much of the American story, once again, we face a choice. Once again, there are those who believe that there isn’t much we can do about this as a nation. That the best idea is to give everyone one big refund on their government—divvy it up by individual portions, in the form of tax breaks, hand it out, and encourage everyone to use their share to go buy their own health care, their own retirement plan, their own child care, their own education, and so on. In Washington, they call this the Ownership Society. But in our past there has been another term for it—Social Darwinism—every man or woman for him or herself. It’s a tempting idea, because it doesn’t require much thought or ingenuity. It allows us to say that those whose health care or tuition may rise faster than they can afford—tough luck. It allows us to say to the Maytag workers who have lost their job—life isn’t fair. It let’s us say to the child who was born into poverty—pull yourself up by your bootstraps. And it is especially tempting because each of us believes we will always be the winner in life’s lottery, that we’re the one who will be the next Donald Trump, or at least we won’t be the chump who Donald Trump says: “You’re fired!” But there is a problem. It won’t work. It ignores our history. It ignores the fact that it’s been government research and investment that made the railways possible and the internet possible. It’s been the creation of a massive middle class, through decent wages and benefits and public schools that allowed us all to prosper. Our economic dependence depended on individual initiative. It depended on a belief in the free market; but it has also depended on our sense of mutual regard for each other, the idea that everybody has a stake in the country, that we’re all in it together and everybody’s got a shot at opportunity. That’s what’s produced our unrivaled political stability.
"
# Politics
# Debt
# America
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
John Steinbeck :
"
We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say -- and to feel -- Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it. You're not as alone as you thought.
"
# Politics
# Debt
# America
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Be First To
Sir Walter Raleigh :
"
Even such is time, that takes on trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust My God shall raise me up, I trust!
"
# Politics
# Debt
# America
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
·
·
Bookmark
·
Source
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Barack Hussein Obama Wisdom feed
144
tweets
Barack Hussein Obama:
"
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
"
# Faith
# Progress
# Love
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
117
tweets
Barack Hussein Obama:
"
I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.
"
# Values
# Wealth
# Love
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
51
tweets
Barack Hussein Obama:
"
Americans... still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do.
"
# Politics
# Leaders and Leadership
# America
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
46
tweets
Barack Hussein Obama:
"
Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.
"
# Values
# Money
# Questions
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
23
tweets
Barack Hussein Obama:
"
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.
"
# Politics
# Poverty and The Poor
# Ambition
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
22
tweets
Barack Hussein 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.
"
# Change
# Love
# Action
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
15
tweets
Barack Hussein Obama:
"
So it has been. So it must be with this generation of Americans. That we are in the midst of crisis is now well understood. Our nation is at war, against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred. Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age. Homes have been lost; jobs shed; businesses shuttered. Our health care is too costly; our schools fail too many; and each day brings further evidence that the ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet.
"
# Politics
# Age and Aging
# Failure
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
15
tweets
Barack Hussein Obama:
"
We are the ones we have been waiting for.
"
# Words
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
10
tweets
Barack Hussein Obama:
"
We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.
"
# Politics
# Excellence
# Time and Time Management
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
10
tweets
Barack Hussein Obama:
"
The hope of a skinny kid with a funny name who believes that America has a place for him, too.
"
# Community
# America
# Humor
Gift it
.
Facebook
·
Email
·
Download
.
·
Bookmark
·
Source
·
Powerpoint
Wallpaper
Gift it
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45005&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=I+stand+here+knowing+that+my+story+is+part+of+the+larger+American+story%2C+that+I+owe+a+debt+to+all+of+those+who+came+before+me%2C+and+that+in+no+other+country+on+Earth+is+my+story+even+possible&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=30455&author=Mrs Humphrey Ward"e=++The+first+law+of+story-telling.+Every+man+is+bound+to+leave+a+story+better+than+he+found+it.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F4904%2FMrs++Humphrey+Ward_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=30450&author=Ernest Hemingway"e=++Madame%2C+all+stories%2C+if+continued+far+enough%2C+end+in+death%2C+and+he+is+no+true-story+teller+who+would+keep+that+from+you.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F93%2FErnest_Hemingway_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=30445&author=Jean De La Bruyere"e=++One+mark+of+a+second-rate+mind+is+to+be+always+telling+stories.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F1701%2FJean+De+La_Bruyere_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=30447&author=Raymond Chandler"e=++A+good+story+cannot+be+devised%3B+it+has+to+be+distilled.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F299%2FRaymond+Chandler_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=30443&author=Walter Benjamin"e=++Death+is+the+sanction+of+everything+the+story-teller+can+tell.+He+has+borrowed+his+authority+from+death.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F459%2FWalter_Benjamin_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=30446&author=Willa Cather"e=++There+are+only+two+or+three+human+stories%2C+and+they+go+on+repeating+themselves+as+fiercely+as+if+they+had+never+happened+before.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F659%2FWilla+Cather_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=30451&author=Eric Hoffer"e=++Man+is+eminently+a+storyteller.+His+search+for+a+purpose%2C+a+cause%2C+an+ideal%2C+a+mission+and+the+like+is+largely+a+search+for+a+plot+and+a+pattern+in+the+development+of+his+life+story+--+a+story+that+is+basically+without+meaning+or+pattern.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F118%2FEric_Hoffer_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=101978&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=How+does+America+find+its+way+in+this+new%2C+global+economy%3F+What+will+our+place+in+history+be%3F+Like+so+much+of+the+American+story%2C+once+again%2C+we+face+a+choice.+Once+again%2C+there+are+those+who+believe+that+there+isn%E2%80%99t+much+we+can+do+about+this+as+a+nation.+That+the+best+idea+is+to+give+everyone+one+big+refund+on+their+government%E2%80%94divvy+it+up+by+individual+portions%2C+in+the+form+of+tax+breaks%2C+hand+it+out%2C+and+encourage+everyone+to+use+their+share+to+go+buy+their+own+health+care%2C+their+own+retirement+plan%2C+their+own+child+care%2C+their+own+education%2C+and+so+on.+In+Washington%2C+they+call+this+the+Ownership+Society.+But+in+our+past+there+has+been+another+term+for+it%E2%80%94Social+Darwinism%E2%80%94every+man+or+woman+for+him+or+herself.+It%E2%80%99s+a+tempting+idea%2C+because+it+doesn%E2%80%99t+require+much+thought+or+ingenuity.+It+allows+us+to+say+that+those+whose+health+care+or+tuition+may+rise+faster+than+they+can+afford%E2%80%94tough+luck.+It+allows+us+to+say+to+the+Maytag+workers+who+have+lost+their+job%E2%80%94life+isn%E2%80%99t+fair.+It+let%E2%80%99s+us+say+to+the+child+who+was+born+into+poverty%E2%80%94pull+yourself+up+by+your+bootstraps.+And+it+is+especially+tempting+because+each+of+us+believes+we+will+always+be+the+winner+in+life%E2%80%99s+lottery%2C+that+we%E2%80%99re+the+one+who+will+be+the+next+Donald+Trump%2C+or+at+least+we+won%E2%80%99t+be+the+chump+who+Donald+Trump+says%3A+%E2%80%9CYou%E2%80%99re+fired%21%E2%80%9D+But+there+is+a+problem.+It+won%E2%80%99t+work.+It+ignores+our+history.+It+ignores+the+fact+that+it%E2%80%99s+been+government+research+and+investment+that+made+the+railways+possible+and+the+internet+possible.+It%E2%80%99s+been+the+creation+of+a+massive+middle+class%2C+through+decent+wages+and+benefits+and+public+schools+that+allowed+us+all+to+prosper.+Our+economic+dependence+depended+on+individual+initiative.+It+depended+on+a+belief+in+the+free+market%3B+but+it+has+also+depended+on+our+sense+of+mutual+regard+for+each+other%2C+the+idea+that+everybody+has+a+stake+in+the+country%2C+that+we%E2%80%99re+all+in+it+together+and+everybody%E2%80%99s+got+a+shot+at+opportunity.+That%E2%80%99s+what%E2%80%99s+produced+our+unrivaled+political+stability.%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=30454&author=John Steinbeck"e=++We+are+lonesome+animals.+We+spend+all+our+life+trying+to+be+less+lonesome.+One+of+our+ancient+methods+is+to+tell+a+story+begging+the+listener+to+say+--+and+to+feel+--+Yes%2C+that%27s+the+way+it+is%2C+or+at+least+that%27s+the+way+I+feel+it.+You%27re+not+as+alone+as+you+thought.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F1352%2FJohn_Steinbeck_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=105627&author=Sir Walter Raleigh"e=Even+such+is+time%2C+that+takes+on+trust%0AOur+youth%2C+our+joys%2C+our+all+we+have%2C%0AAnd+pays+us+but+with+earth+and+dust%3B%0AWho%2C+in+the+dark+and+silent+grave%2C%0AWhen+we+have+wandered+all+our+ways%2C%0AShuts+up+the+story+of+our+days%3B%0ABut+from+this+earth%2C+this+grave%2C+this+dust%0AMy+God+shall+raise+me+up%2C+I+trust%21%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F14%2FSir+Walter_Raleigh_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45106&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=If+you%27re+walking+down+the+right+path+and+you%27re+willing+to+keep+walking%2C+eventually+you%27ll+make+progress.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45104&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=I+think+when+you+spread+the+wealth+around+it%27s+good+for+everybody.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45045&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=Americans...+still+believe+in+an+America+where+anything%27s+possible+-+they+just+don%27t+think+their+leaders+do.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45088&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=Money+is+not+the+only+answer%2C+but+it+makes+a+difference.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45048&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=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.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45085&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=Change+will+not+come+if+we+wait+for+some+other+person+or+some+other+time.+We+are+the+ones+we%27ve+been+waiting+for.+We+are+the+change+that+we+seek.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45127&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=So+it+has+been.+So+it+must+be+with+this+generation+of+Americans.+That+we+are+in+the+midst+of+crisis+is+now+well+understood.+Our+nation+is+at+war%2C+against+a+far-reaching+network+of+violence+and+hatred.+Our+economy+is+badly+weakened%2C+a+consequence+of+greed+and+irresponsibility+on+the+part+of+some%2C+but+also+our+collective+failure+to+make+hard+choices+and+prepare+the+nation+for+a+new+age.+Homes+have+been+lost%3B+jobs+shed%3B+businesses+shuttered.+Our+health+care+is+too+costly%3B+our+schools+fail+too+many%3B+and+each+day+brings+further+evidence+that+the+ways+we+use+energy+strengthen+our+adversaries+and+threaten+our+planet.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=44953&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=We+are+the+ones+we+have+been+waiting+for.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45118&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=We+need+to+internalize+this+idea+of+excellence.+Not+many+folks+spend+a+lot+of+time+trying+to+be+excellent.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=45009&author=Barack Hussein Obama"e=The+hope+of+a+skinny+kid+with+a+funny+name+who+believes+that+America+has+a+place+for+him%2C+too.&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2FauthorIcons%2F8013%2FBarack_Obama_64x64.png){kind=link}