Michelle Obama

You cannot take your freedoms for granted. Just like generations who have come before you, you have to do your part to preserve and protect those freedoms… you need to be preparing yourself to add your voice to our national conversation.

And let’s be clear: It’s not enough just to limit ads for foods that aren’t healthy. It’s also going to be critical to increase marketing for foods that are healthy.

Because when you have the nuclear codes at your fingertips and the military in your command, you can’t make snap decisions. You can’t have a thin skin or a tendency to lash out. You need to be steady and measured and well-informed.

We can aim to create a culture, where kids ask for healthy options instead of resisting them.

What truly made me fall in love with Barack Obama was his character.

The problem is when that fun stuff becomes the habit. And I think that’s what’s happened in our culture. Fast food has become the everyday meal.

Success covers a multitude of blunders.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then Success is sure.

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

Action is the foundational key to all success.

One of the problems when you become successful is that jealousy and envy inevitably follow. There are people-I categorize them as life’s losers-who get their sense of accomplishment and achievement from trying to stop others. As far as I’m concerned, if they had any real ability they wouldn’t be fighting me, they’d be doing something constructive themselves.

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

You’ve achieved success in your field when you don’t know whether what you’re doing is work or play.

I thought I’d be a success even back in the mailroom at William Morris. It was just inconceivable to me I couldn’t win it all.

In the end, you’re measured not by how much you undertake but by what you finally accomplish.

The recipe of success is to study while others are sleeping, work while others are loafing, prepare while others are playing, and dream while others are wishing.

I must be taken as I have been made. The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.

There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid you will succeed.

Success comes from failure, not from memorizing the right answers.

I’ve always won, and I’m going to continue to win. And that’s the way it is.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.