"Perfect is unattainable. Better is possible...." - Quote by Barack Obama
Perfect is unattainable. Better is possible.
More by Barack Obama
“We have to uphold a free press and freedom of speech - because, in the end, lies and misinformation are no match for the truth.”
“I marched with you in the streets of Chicago to meet our immigration challenge. I fought with you in the Senate for comprehensive immigration reform. And I will make it a top priority in my first year as President.”
“People don't expect government to solve all their problems. But they sense, deep in their bones, that with just a slight change in priorities, we can make sure that every child in America has a decent shot at life, and that the doors of opportunity remain open to all. They know we can do better.”
More on Improvement
“Things do not get better by being left alone.”
“You want to be extra rigorous about making the best possible thing you can. Find everything that's wrong with it and fix it.”
“One of the difficulties in bringing about change in an organization is that you must do so through the persons who have been most successful in that organization, no matter how faulty the system or the organization is. To such persons, you see, it is the best of all possible organizations, because look who was selected by it ad look who succeeded most in it. Yet, these are the very people through whom we must bring about improvements.”
More on Potential
“Most people have no idea of the giant capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.”
“Freedom is that faculty that enlarges the usefulness of all other faculties.”
“The human mind is a channel through which things-to-be are coming into the realm of things-that-are .”