Quotes from Obama's 'A Promised Land'

Barack Obama is best known as the 44th president and the first African-American president of the United States. He has had an illustrous career in politics and is well liked for his policies.

He's also known for having a way with words. He's an outstanding orator, and is well known for his speeches. He's also a writer, having written and pubished several books. He just released his latest book, 'A Promised Land', where he talks on his presidency. Here are some choice quotes from the book to give an idea of his philosophy.

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“Enthusiasm makes up for a host of deficiencies.”

"I’m convinced that the pandemic we’re currently living through is both a manifestation of and a mere interruption in the relentless march toward an interconnected world, one in which peoples and cultures can’t help but collide."

“The truth is, I’ve never been a big believer in destiny. I worry that it encourages resignation in the down-and-out and complacency among the powerful.”

“I experienced failure and learned to buck up so I could rally those who’d put their trust in me. I suffered rejections and insults often enough to stop fearing them. In other words, I grew up—and got my sense of humor back.”

“There was the unsettling fact that, despite whatever my mother might claim, the bullies, cheats, and self-promoters seemed to be doing quite well, while those she considered good and decent people seemed to get screwed an awful lot.”

"For it turned out there was no single way to be Black; just trying to be a good man was enough.”

“I’d met my share of highly credentialed, high-IQ morons”

“As a strategy for picking up girls, my pseudo-intellectualism proved mostly worthless; I found myself in a series of affectionate but chaste friendships.”

“They were actors in a rigged game, I decided, and I wanted no part of it.”

“You could build power not by putting others down but by lifting them up.”