Michelle Obama

Empower yourselves with a good education, then get out there and use that education to build a country worthy of your boundless promise.

I’m using the term “First Spouse” instead of First Lady because I believe we will have a woman president.

The Affordable Care Act isn’t Barack’s legacy, it’s the country’s legacy.

The difference between a broken community and a thriving one is the presence of women who are valued.

When I hear people say, ‘you run,’ it’s part of the problem. We still didn’t get ‘yes we can’ right. It’s not ‘yes you can,’ it’s ‘yes we can.’ And until we get that right, it doesn’t matter who runs.

I think every kid needs to get a taste of what it’s like to do that real hard work.

We live in an era of tremendous facts. And the facts are facts. They are also unpleasant facts, which does not decrease their factual percentage one bit. Our job is to understand them, to recognize their presence, to learn if we can what they signify and not to fall into the error of minimizing facts because they have a bitter flavor.

You gotta do what you love and really believe in it because that is your truth.

What’s to be ashamed of? I went through a really rough time, and I am quite proud that I got out of that.

You know, it sounds like I’m bragging in some way, but as far as career stuff, there’s not that much stuff that scares me. I know what I can do well.

They (wives) are people who think when the telephone bell rings, it is against the law not to answer it

Shoot for the moon. If you miss you’ll still end up in the stars.

The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.

Some people prefer the passenger role, because it imposes no real pressure to decide or stand accountable for their life results.

To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream, not only plan, but also believe.

You’re only lonely if you’re not there for you.

Feelings are often born from the matrix of conditions beyond your control. Let them just pass through, like a cloud in the sky.

People will try to fix world but world will fix people.

Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.

There ain’t no freedom when you’ve got a worrying mind.