New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- Today's quote of the day is from Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States: "If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, if we aren't willing to make some sacrifices in order to realise them, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all."

The words of Barack Obama underline the difference between declaring oneself to believe in something and sticking to it despite the hardship of acting according to one's convictions.

"If we aren't willing to pay a price for our values, if we aren't willing to make some sacrifices in order to realize them, then we should ask ourselves whether we truly believe in them at all," the 2006 book The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the ...