My humanity is a constant self-overcoming.

My humanity is a constant self-overcoming.

Friedrich Nietzsche

We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.

We may come from different places and have different stories, but we share common hopes, and one very American dream.

My first job is to say thank you to those who voted me. Those who didn't, I'm going to get your vote next time.

My first job is to say thank you to those who voted me. Those who didn't, I'm going to get your vote next time.

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.

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.

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.

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.

We reaffirm that on days like this, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans, united in concern for our fellow citizens.

We reaffirm that on days like this, there are no Republicans or Democrats. We are Americans, united in concern for our fellow citizens.

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear.

Our founders made it extraordinarily difficult to amend the Constitution.

Our founders made it extraordinarily difficult to amend the Constitution.

If you work hard. And are responsible. You should be rewarded.

If you work hard. And are responsible. You should be rewarded.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

There are two different types of people in the world, those who want to know, and those who want to believe.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

There will always be rocks in the road ahead of us. They will be stumbling blocks or stepping stones; it all depends on how you use them.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.

Nobody is more inferior than those who insist on being equal.

Nobody is more inferior than those who insist on being equal.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

Those who are devoid of purpose will make the void their purpose.

Those who are devoid of purpose will make the void their purpose.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

Enjoy life. This is not a dress rehearsal.

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.

Insanity in individuals is something rare - but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.