Michelle Obama

My number one daily habit is to give myself permission to be happy. It’s physical and mental; it’s my diet, physical activity, and emotional state. That’s all tied together.

Just do what works for you, because there will always be someone who think diffenrently…

We get the leaders we vote for. We get the policies we vote for. And when we don’t vote, that’s when we wind up with government of, by and for other people.

We can never be complacent and think that we’ve arrived now as women. Because I hear this from young women. Some of you young women who aren’t feeling the pains that many of our predecessors have felt – you think, well, there aren’t any problems, women’s rights, we’ve got this all figured out, I’m already equal, I’m good – I’m just like, oh, just you wait, you’ll feel it. So the work continues.

The arts are not just a nice thing to have or to do if there is free time or if one can afford it. Rather, paintings and poetry, music and fashion, design and dialogue, they all define who we are as a people and provide an account of our history for the next generation.

I’ve been at so many tables with so many folks who are imposters. But shame on us if we sit by and let an imposter talk us down.

My whole life is about winning. I don’t lose often. I almost never lose.

Once a man has made a commitment to a way of life, he puts the greatest strength in the world behind him. It’s something we call heart power. Once a man has made this commitment, nothing will stop him short of success.

Success tends to go not to the person who is error-free, because he also tends to be risk-averse. Rather it goes to the person who recognizes that life is pretty much a percentage business. It isn’t making mistakes that’s critical; it’s correcting them and getting on with the principal task.

I don’t think people get to be successful without ambition.

You may not be interested in strategy, but strategy is interested in you.

Losing is tough.

To succeed in life, you need to things: ignorance and confidence.

Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.

I’ve become very successful over the years. I think I own among the greatest properties in the world.

If past history was all that is needed to play the game of money, the richest people would be librarians.

Can success change the human mechanism so completely between one dawn and another? Can it make one feel taller, more alive, handsomer, uncommonly gifted and indomitably secure with the certainty that this is the way life will always be? It can and it does!

To succeed, you need to find something to hold on to, something to motivate you, something to inspire you.

All you need is ignorance and confidence and the success is sure.

I don’t think people get to be successful unless they have very strong egos.

Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.